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- noun Plural form of
dipody .
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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
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_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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