hexapod vs animate being

hexapod and animate being both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hexapod	Yes	No	No	No
animate being	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animate being is a hypernym of hexapod; that is, animate being is a word with a broader meaning than hexapod:

Other hypernyms of hexapod include animal, beast, brute, creature, fauna.

hexapod (noun)	animate being (noun)
an animal having six feet	a living organism characterized by voluntary movement