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

Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.

A fabulous sea monster. [Obs.] Spenser.

A place set apart for equestrian and chariot races.

A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. Johnson.

A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Roumania.

The under side of the toes.

Same as Hypoblast.

An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

Hypodermic. -- Hyp`o*der*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin. Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe. -- Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly, adv.

Same as Hypoderma, 2.

Exhibiting retarded dicrotism; as, a hypodicrotic pulse curve.

The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda. -- n.

An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure.

Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larvæ of certain insects.

Same as Isopod.

One of the Læmodipoda.

A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.