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单词 hexaped
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hexapedn.

Forms: Also irregular hexiped, hexoped.
Etymology: A hybrid formation < hexa- comb. form + Latin pēs, ped foot.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhexaped.
1. A measure of six feet. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Hexapede, a fathome.
2. A creature with six feet, a hexapod. (In quot. 1865, humorously, a six-wheeled locomotive.)
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 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 to Land's End 7 The terrible hexiped of the fiery eyes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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