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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ottava ri·ma /-ˈrimə/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ot·ta·va ri·ma  Pros. A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes, the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two forming a couplet.  It was used by Byron in “Don Juan,” by Keats in “Isabella,” by Shelley in “The Witch of Atlas,” etc.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ottava rima
      n : a stanza of eight lines of heroic verse with the rhyme
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