hexapod

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈhɛk.sə.pɒd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈhɛk.sə.pɑd/

Noun

hexapod (plural hexapods)

1. Any organism or being with six legs.
   • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard (eds.), Robotics: Science and Systems II, page 97

     These concepts are applied to a robotic hexapod, which, through the use of compliant microspines on its feet, is capable of climbing hard vertical textured surfaces, such as stucco

2. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
3. (dated) An insect.

Related terms

• decapod
• isopod
• octopod
• tetrapod

Translations

• German: Sechsfüßler
• Russian: шестиногий
• Spanish: hexápodo

Translations

• German: Sechsfüßler
• Spanish: hexápodo

Adjective

hexapod (not comparable)

1. Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda, hexapodous.

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