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n. A six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta (formerly Hexapoda); an insect.

adj. Of or belonging to the class Insecta.

adj. Having six legs or feet.

n. Any organism or being with six legs.

n. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.

n. An insect.

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

adj. Having six feet.

Having six feet, as any adult true insect; specifically, pertaining to or having the characters of the Hexapoda; hexapodous.

n. One of the Hexapoda; a true six-footed insect.

n. Also hexapode, hexapodan.

n. an animal having six feet

"After studying the springtail's primitive anatomy in detail, many scientists now consider the creatures to be a special kind of hexapod."

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