hexapod

Definitions


[ˈhɛksəpɒd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a six-legged arthropod belonging to the class Hexapoda
(e.g: researchers noted that hexapods and crustaceans shared a different set of important morphological characters)

- a six-legged robot
(e.g: each of the hexapod's legs are equipped with pressure sensors which allow the bot to respond to its terrain)


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Origin:
mid 17th century: from Greek hexapous, hexapod-, from hex ‘six’ + pous ‘foot’




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