See Also: catalexis(dictionary)

tanekaha (iou) and catalexis (iou)


tanekaha (iou)



tanekaha noun. NZ. L19.
[Maori.]
A celery-top pine (genus Phyllocladus), esp. P. trichomanoides.

catalexis (iou)



catalexis noun. M19.
[Greek katalexis termination, from katalegein: see CATALECTIC.]
Prosody. Absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse.