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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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13 words match “HEXAPOD”

HEXAPOD a. 2 definitions
An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.
HEXAPODA n.
The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.
HEXAPODOUS a.
Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
HEMIPTERA n.
An order of hexapod insects having a jointed proboscis, including four sharp stylets (mandibles and maxillæ), for piercing. In many of the species (Heteroptera) the front wings are partially coriaceous, and different from the others.
INSECT n.
One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
INSECTA n. 3 definitions
tracheæ, opening by spiracles along the sides of the body. In this sense it includes the Hexapoda, or six-legged insects and the Myriapoda, with numerous legs. See Insect, n.
MYRIAPODA n.
A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennæ, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaæ, similar to those of true insects. The larvæ,…
NEUROPTERA n.
An order of hexapod insects having two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, includi…
POCULIFORM a.
decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
POD v.
A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod.
THYSANURA n.
An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.
TIBIA n.
The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.
WING n.
One of the two pairs of upper thoracic appendages of most hexapod insects. They are broad, fanlike organs formed of a double membrane and strengthened by chitinous veins or nervures.