hexapody
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hexapody — hex·ap·o·dy … English syllables
hexapody — /hɛkˈsæpədi/ (say hek sapuhdee) noun (plural hexapodies) a line or verse consisting of six metrical feet. {hexa + pod + y3} …
hexapody — dē noun ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary hexa + pody (as in dipody) : a prosodic line or group consisting of six feet … Useful english dictionary
hexapod — adj. [Gr. hex, six; pous, foot] 1. Having 3 pairs of legs. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In larval mites, having or using 3 pairs of legs. hexapody n; see octopod … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dipody — dipodic /duy pod ik/, adj. /dip euh dee/, n., pl. dipodies. Pros. a group of two feet, esp., in accentual verse, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress. [1835 45; < LL dipodia < Gk:… … Universalium
accent — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent mark, accents, accentuate, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arsis, articulation, bacchius, bar, beat, belabor, broad accent, brogue, burr, cadence, caesura,… … Moby Thesaurus
anapest — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, antispast, arsis, bacchius, beat, cadence, caesura, catalexis, chloriamb, chloriambus, colon, counterpoint, cretic, dactyl, dactylic hexameter,… … Moby Thesaurus
beat — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, Bohemian, about ship, abrade, abscond, accent, accentuation, addle, addled, aerate, agitate, air lane, all in, all up with, alternation, amaze, ambit, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, andante… … Moby Thesaurus
cadence — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuation, acciaccatura, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, appoggiatura, arabesque, arsis, authentic cadence, bacchius, bass passage, beat, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadency … Moby Thesaurus
caesura — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, abeyance, accent, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arsis, bacchius, beat, boundary, breach, break, cadence, catalexis, cease fire, cessation, chloriamb, chloriambus,… … Moby Thesaurus
