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hexapod

Noun CEFR B1
ˈhɛk.sə.pɒd

Definitions

  1. Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
  2. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
  3. An insect.

Equivalents

Españolhexápodo
Русскийшестиногий
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Catalàhexàpode
Қазақ тіліалтыаяқты
മലയാളംഷഡ്പദം
ไทยแมลง

Examples

“My lips will be even more firmly sealed about the various suggestions put⟳ forward⟳ concerning the interpersonal relationships of Alpha Centauri, the hermaphrodite hexapod.”
“The bizarre hexapods did indeed feed⟳ upon those unfortunate creatures who had been caught and killed by the flames. But the striped carnivores were not scavengers; They were hunters.”
“These concepts are applied to a robotic hexapod, which, through the use⟳ of compliant microspines on its feet, is capable of climbing hard vertical textured surfaces, such as stucco”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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