hexapod

English

WOTD – 5 December 2011

Etymology

From hexa- +‎ -pod, from Ancient Greek ἑξαποδ- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ἑξάπους (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.pɒd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.pɑd/

Noun

hexapod (plural hexapods)

1. Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
   • 1983, Jean-Marc Lofficier, The Doctor Who Programme Guide, volume 2, page 8:

     My lips will be even more firmly sealed about the various suggestions put forward concerning the interpersonal relationships of Alpha Centauri, the hermaphrodite hexapod.

   • 2000, Alan Dean Foster, A Triumph of Souls:

     The bizarre hexapods did indeed feed upon those unfortunate creatures who had been caught and killed by the flames. But the striped carnivores were not scavengers; They were hunters.

   • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, editors, 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.

Derived terms

• hexapodal

 

Related terms

• decapod
• isopod
• octopod
• tetrapod

Translations

organism or being with six legs

• Catalan: hexàpode m
• Finnish: kuusijalkainen (fi)
• German: Sechsfüßler m
• Kazakh: алтыаяқты (altyaäqty)
• Polish: sześcionóg
• Russian: шестиногий (ru) (šestinogij)
• Spanish: hexápodo m
• Swedish: sexbening
• Tamil: அறுகாலி (aṟukāli)

arthropod with six feet

• Catalan: hexàpode m
• Finnish: kuusijalkainen (fi)
• German: Sechsfüßler m
• Hindi: षटपाद (ṣaṭpād)
• Kazakh: алтыаяқты (altyaäqty)
• Malayalam: ഷഡ്പദം (ml) (ṣaḍpadaṁ)
• Polish: sześcionóg
• Spanish: hexápodo m
• Swedish: sexfoting (sv) c

insect — see insect

Adjective

hexapod (not comparable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hexapode.

Adjective

hexapod m or n (feminine singular hexapodă, masculine plural hexapozi, feminine and neuter plural hexapode)

1. hexapodous

Declension

Declension of hexapod

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	hexapod		hexapodă	hexapozi	hexapode
	definite	hexapodul		hexapoda	hexapozii	hexapodele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	hexapod		hexapode	hexapozi	hexapode
	definite	hexapodului		hexapodei	hexapozilor	hexapodelor