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TETRAMETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A verse line having four metrical feet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tetrameter" is a kind of...):
verse; verse line (a line of metrical text)
Derivation:
tetrametric (of or relating to verse lines written in tetrameter)