Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta (formerly Hexapoda); an insect.
adjective
- having six feet.
noun
- any arthropod of the class Hexapoda (or Insecta); an insect
1660s (n.); 1856 (adj.), from Greek hex “six” (see six) + pod, from Greek pod-, stem of pous “foot” (see foot).