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tribraches

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tri·brach   (trī'brāk')   
n.  A metrical foot having three short or unstressed syllables.

[Latin tribrachys, from Greek tribrakhus : tri-, tri- + brakhus, short; see mregh-u- in Indo-European roots.]
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