Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HEXAPODA
Hex *ap "o *da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. -poda. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
Note: The Hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of mouth organs, viz. , mandibles, maxillæ, and the second maxillæ or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms, and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the Metabola ) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larvæ (known as maggots, grubs, caterpillars ) very unlike the adult, and pass through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others (the Hemimetabola ) have larvæ much like the adult, expert in lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings appear. See Insecta. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Hexapoda
Hex ap o da |ˌheksəˈpōdə ˌhɛksəˈpoʊdə |Entomology a class of six-legged arthropods that comprises the insects. The name is used as another term for Insecta, esp. when the primitive apterygotes are not considered to be true insects. DERIVATIVES hex a pod |ˈheksəˌpäd |noun ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek hexapous, hexapod-, from hex ‘six ’ + pous ‘foot. ’
Oxford Dictionary
Hexapoda
Hexapoda |ˌhɛksəˈpəʊdə | ▶plural noun Entomology a class of six-legged arthropods that comprises the insects. The name is used as another term for Insecta, especially when the primitive apterygotes are not considered to be true insects. DERIVATIVES hexapod |ˈhɛksəpɒd |noun ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek hexapous, hexapod-, from hex ‘six ’ + pous ‘foot ’.
Duden Dictionary
Hexapoda
He xa po da Pluralwort Zoologie , die Hexapoden |Hexap o da |Pluraletantum zu griechisch hexápodos = sechsfüßig, zu: póus (Genitiv: podós ) = Fuß Insekten
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