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hexapod

/hek-suh-pod/US // ˈhɛk səˌpɒd //UK // (ˈhɛksəˌpɒd) //

六爪鱼,六角架,六角形,六角星

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta; an insect.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having six feet.

Examples

  • That makes them six-legged hexapods and more like insects than other mammals, Bunting explains.

  • Subcortical; hexapod; antenn obsolete: body much depressed, with the last segment elongate, terminating in three or more mucros.

  • Herbivorous; hexapod; antenniferous, with long antenn: body shortish, compressed, saltatorious.

  • Carnivorous; hexapod; antenniferous: with a shortish oblong depressed body, and distinct thoracic shield.

  • The male only is winged; the female is very like an apodal larva, the larva being an active hexapod.

  • Commonly, the larv on hatching from the egg, possess but three pairs of legs, and hence are called hexapod larv.