Hexapoda

See also: hexápoda and hexàpoda

Translingual

Etymology

hexa- +‎ -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx, “six”) and πούς (poús, “foot”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛk.sə.pʊdə/

Proper noun

Hexapoda

A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Arthropoda – the insects etc.^[1]

Hypernyms

(subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum^[1]

Hyponyms

(subphylum): Collembola, Diplura, Insecta, Protura - classes^[1]

Coordinate terms

(subphylum): Chelicerata, Crustacea, Myriapoda^[1]

References

Hexapoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hexapoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hexapoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

1 2 3 4 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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