Definitions for "Octameter"
Keywords:  verse, poetry, poe, raven, metrical
A verse containing eight feet; as, --Deep' in|to' the | dark'ness | peer'ing, | long' I | stood' there | wond''ring, | fear'ing.
A molecule composed of eight monomer units bound to each other, usually in a linear array; as, an octomer formed of nucleotides is called an octonucleotide.
a line of poetry with eight feet: "Once u | pon a | midnight | dreary | while I | pondered, | weak and | weary" (Poe, "The Raven").