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A Linnæan order of plants having six pistils.

Having six pistils.

In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.

A solid body of six sides or faces. Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube.

A term of six days. Good.

In six parts; in sixes.

A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Æneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. Leaped like the | roe when he…

Consisting of six metrical feet.

A Linnæan class of plants having six stamens.

Having six stamens.

series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.

Having six angles or corners.

Having six petals.

Having six leaves or leaflets.

A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the Old Testament published by Origen, in the 3d century.

Having six feet. -- n. (Zoöl.)

The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.

Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.

Having six processes. Gray.

A poem consisting of six verses or lines.