[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

iambus \iam"bus\, n.; pl. l. iambi, e. iambuses. l.
   iambus, gr. ?; prob. akin to ? to throw, assail the iambus
   being first used in satiric poetry, and to l. jacere to
   throw. cf. jet a shooting forth. pros.
   a foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one,
   as in a^m=ans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by
   an accented one, as invent; an iambic. see the couplet under
   iambic, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
iambi iambuses jet iambic 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

iamb
     n : a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables syn: iambus
     also: iambi pl
see also:
iambus iambi 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

iambi
     see iamb
see also:
iamb 

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