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| Haemapod | n. [ Haema + -pod. ] (Zool.) An haemapodous animal. G. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Haemapodous | a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Hexapod | a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, sixfooted; "e`x six + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot: cf. F. hexapode.] Having six feet. -- n. (Zool.) An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda. [1913 Webster] | | Hexapoda | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + -poda.] (Zool.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids. [1913 Webster] ☞ The Hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of mouth organs, viz., mandibles, maxillæ, and the second maxillæ or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms, and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the Metabola) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larvæ (known as maggots, grubs, caterpillars) very unlike the adult, and pass through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others (the Hemimetabola) have larvæ much like the adult, expert in lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings appear. See Insecta. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders. [1913 Webster] | | Hexapodous | a. (Zool.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | Hexapod | a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, sixfooted; "e`x six + &unr_;, &unr_;, foot: cf. F. hexapode.] Having six feet. -- n. (Zool.) An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda. [1913 Webster] | | Hexapoda | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + -poda.] (Zool.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids. [1913 Webster] ☞ The Hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of mouth organs, viz., mandibles, maxillæ, and the second maxillæ or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms, and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the Metabola) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larvæ (known as maggots, grubs, caterpillars) very unlike the adult, and pass through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others (the Hemimetabola) have larvæ much like the adult, expert in lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings appear. See Insecta. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders. [1913 Webster] | | Hexapodous | a. (Zool.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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