Usually means: Omission of a syllable unstressed.
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  1. catalexis: Merriam-Webster
  2. catalexis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catalexis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. catalexis: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. catalexis: Wordnik
  7. catalexis: Wiktionary
  8. catalexis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. catalexis: Dictionary.com
  10. Catalexis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. catalexis: Rhymezone
  12. catalexis: FreeDictionary.org
  13. catalexis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. catalexis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (catalexis)

noun:  A shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.
noun:  Truncation at the close of a line of poetry by omission of one or two final syllables.

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