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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.

    〔昆〕六足纲(用作Insecta 昆虫纲的另一术语,特别是因为有时原始无翅类并不被认作是真正的昆虫)

    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.

    〔昆〕六足纲(用作Insecta 昆虫纲的另一术语,特别是因为有时原始无翅类并不被认作是真正的昆虫)

    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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