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octapody

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-tapody
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metre or verse of eight feet.

Etymology

From octa- + -pody, from Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

octapodies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

monopody dipody tripody tetrapody pentapody hexapody heptapody

Synonyms

octonarius

Questions

What does octapody mean?
A metre or verse of eight feet.
Where does octapody come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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