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   Hexapoda

   /ˌhɛksəˈpəʊdə/

   plural

   • 1. a class of six-legged arthropods that comprises the insects. The name is used as another term for Insecta, especially when the primitive apterygotes are not considered to be true insects.

   Word Origin modern Latin (plural), from Greek hexapous, hexapod-, from hex ‘six’ + pous ‘foot’.

   Scrabble Points: 21

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • A

     1

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • D

     2

   • A

     1

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