Definition of Hexapoda in English:
Hexapoda
plural nounˌhɛksəˈpəʊdəˌheksəˈpōdə
Entomology 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.
Example sentencesExamples
- These two clades, together with the true insects, form the clade Hexapoda.
- The superclass Hexapoda includes so-called true insects and several classes of primitive wingless proto-insects.
- Arachnida and Merostomata (horseshoe crabs) are the two extant subclasses that make up the Chelicerata, and Chelicerata, Hexapoda, Crustacea, and Myriapoda together constitute the phylum Arthropoda.
- However, a rival theory - the Pancrustacea hypothesis - suggests that the Crustacea are the stock from which the Hexapoda arose.
- However, further study of the data suggests a change in dominance over time from the Trilobita to the Hexapoda and Myriapoda.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from Greek hexapous, hexapod-, from hex 'six' + pous 'foot'.