hexapody

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Etymology[edit]

From hexa- +‎ -pody, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-, six) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, foot).

Noun[edit]

hexapody (countable and uncountable, plural hexapodies)

  1. (poetry, countable) A verse or measure of six metrical feet.
  2. (zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.

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