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noun
A verse or measure of six metrical feet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
From hexa- + -pody, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).
