Octosyllabic

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

  Octosyllabic \Oc`to*syl*lab"ic\, Octosyllabical
  \Oc`to*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [L. octosyllabus. See {Octo-}, and
     {Syllable}.]
     Consisting of or containing eight syllables.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  octosyllabic
       adj 1: having or consisting of line of eight syllables;
              "octosyllabic verse"
       2: having or characterized by or consisting of eight syllables