dipody

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dipody - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dipody \Dip"o*dy\, n.; pl. Dipodies. [Gr. ?, fr. ? two-footed;
     di- = di`s- twice + ?, ?, foot.] (Pros.)
     Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure.
     --Hadley.
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           Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses . . . are
           measured by dipodies.                    --W. W.
                                                    Goodwin.
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