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   hexapod

   /ˈhɛksəpɒd/

   noun

   • 1. a six-legged arthropod belonging to the class Hexapoda: "researchers noted that hexapods and crustaceans shared a different set of important morphological characters"
   • 2. a six-legged robot: "each of the hexapod's legs are equipped with pressure sensors which allow the bot to respond to its terrain"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Greek hexapous, hexapod-, from hex ‘six’ + pous ‘foot’.

   Scrabble Points: 20

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