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单词 Hexapoda
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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'.

 
 

Definition of Hexapoda in US English:

Hexapoda

plural nounˌheksəˈpōdə
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
    • 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.
    • The superclass Hexapoda includes so-called true insects and several classes of primitive wingless proto-insects.
    • However, a rival theory - the Pancrustacea hypothesis - suggests that the Crustacea are the stock from which the Hexapoda arose.
    • These two clades, together with the true insects, form the clade Hexapoda.
    • 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’.

 
 
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