Dictionary entry

Dipody

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dip″o‐dy (?), n.; pl.Dipodies (#). [Gr. �, fr. � two-footed; δι- = δίσ- twice + �, �, foot.] (Pros.) Two metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. Hadley.

Trochaic, iambic, and anapestic verses... are measured by dipodies. W. W. Goodwin.