different between feet vs hexapod

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English f?t, from Proto-Germanic *f?tiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *p?ds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?t, IPA^(key): /fi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t
• Homophone: feat

Noun

feet

1. plural of foot

Derived terms

• get cold feet

Etymology 2

Noun

feet

1. (obsolete) Fact; performance; feat.

Anagrams

• ETFE, fete, fête, teef

Luxembourgish

Verb

feet

1. inflection of feeën:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative

Middle English

Noun

feet

1. plural of fot

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feet n

1. definite singular of fe (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feet n

1. definite singular of fe (Etymology 2)

English

Etymology

From hexa- +? -pod, from Ancient Greek ??????- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ??????? (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ???- (hexa-, “six”) +? ???? (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?k.s?.p?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?k.s?.p?d/

Noun

hexapod (plural hexapods)

1. Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
   • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard (eds.), Robotics: Science and Systems II, page 97

     These concepts are applied to a robotic hexapod, which, through the use of compliant microspines on its feet, is capable of climbing hard vertical textured surfaces, such as stucco

2. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
3. (dated) An insect.

Derived terms

Related terms

• decapod
• isopod
• octopod
• tetrapod

Translations

Adjective

hexapod (not comparable)

1. Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda, hexapodous.

Romanian

Etymology

From French hexapode.

Adjective

hexapod m or n (feminine singular hexapod?, masculine plural hexapozi, feminine and neuter plural hexapode)

1. hexapodous

Declension