ˈhexaped
Also erron. hexi-, hexoped.
[A hybrid formation f. hexa- + L. pēs, ped- foot.]
† 1. A measure of six feet. Obs. rare—0.
| 1623 Cockeram, Hexapede, a fathome. |
2. A creature with six feet, a hexapod. (In quot. 1865, humorously, a six-wheeled locomotive.)
| 1828 Webster, Hexaped, an animal having six feet. (Ray, and Johnson after him, write this hexapod; but it is better to pursue uniformity, as in quadruped, centiped.) 1865 E. Burritt Walk Land's End 7 The terrible hexiped of the fiery eyes. |