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  • noun Plural form of dipody.

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Examples

  • Iambic, Trochaic, and Anapaestic verses are further designated as dimeter, trimeter, tetrameter, according to _the number of dipodies_ (pairs of feet) which they contain.

    New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

  • _iambic trimeter_ in Greek consists of three dipodies or six iambs; as used by English prosodists it consists of three iambs.

    The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum

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