Usually means: Having six wings or appendages.
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  1. hexapterous: Wordnik
  2. hexapterous: Wiktionary
  3. Hexapterous, hexapterous: Dictionary.com
  4. Hexapterous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. hexapterous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Hexapterous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. hexapterous: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Hexapterous: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hexapterous)

▸ adjective:  (botany) Having six wing-like processes or extensions

Similar:
hexamerous, hexapodal, hexapetalous, hexandrous, hexagynous, hexaphyllous, hexandrian, tetrapterous, heptamerous, hexastichous, more...

Opposite:
pentapterous, five-winged

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Similar:
hexamerous, hexapodal, hexapetalous, hexandrous, hexagynous, hexaphyllous, hexandrian, tetrapterous, heptamerous, hexastichous, more...

Opposite:
pentapterous, five-winged



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