HEX'APED, adjective [Gr. six; Latin pes, pedis, the foot.] Having six feet. HEX'APED, noun An animal having six feet. [Ray, and Johnson after him write this hexapod; but it is better to pursue uniformity, as in quadruped, centiped.] 1. A fathom. [Not in use.]
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