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heptapod

heptapod noun: something with seven legs.

Noun

heptapod (plural heptapods)

  1. Something with seven legs.
    • The mystery of the Nagato’s wonderful foremast has now been solved. It is a heptapod, the trunk being supported by six powerful struts, carrying a series of searchlights, range-finder platforms, and director towers.1921 October, F. M. Robinson, “Professional Notes”, in Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, volume 47, number 10, Annapolis, M.D.: U.S. Naval Institute, page 1631
    • But as she came nearer and yet nearer I could see her, as it were, disintegrating under the rain of sledge-hammer blows. Her massive heptapod foremast was a tangle of twisted steel.1925, Hector C[harles] Bywater, The Great Pacific War, Boston, M.A.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 292

Examples of heptapod in a sentence

  • The heptapod, then, may be considered, along with the US cage, an alternative to the more conventional tripod.1985, Randal Gray, editor, Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, London: Conway Maritime Press, →ISBN, page 231:
  • But perhaps what makes the heptapods in Arrival most believable is that they are not all that alien to begin with.2016 December 8, Christie Wilcox, “The scientific explanation for why humans are so convinced that aliens look like octopuses”, in Quartz...

Forms of heptapod

pluralheptapods

Origin of heptapod

From hepta- (“seven”) + -pod (“leg”).

Words formed from heptapod

Questions about heptapod

What does heptapod mean?
Heptapod means something with seven legs.
How do you use heptapod in a sentence?
The heptapod, then, may be considered, along with the US cage, an alternative to the more conventional tripod.
What part of speech is heptapod?
Heptapod is a noun.
What is the plural of heptapod?
The plural of heptapod is heptapods.

Words near heptapod in the dictionary

  1. heptaplatinum
  2. heptaplex
  3. heptaploid
  4. heptaploids
  5. heptaploidy
  6. heptapod
  7. heptapodal
  8. heptapodies
  9. heptapods
  10. heptapody
  11. heptaprenyl

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