saturn i an verse

An ancient meter used by the Romans, and consisting of three iambics, and a syllable, followed by three trochees. Macaulay ( Lays of Ancient Rome, Introd.) quotes, as a perfect example of saturn i an verse, the nursery rime: The queen | was în | the pār | lour || eating | bread and | hōneў. sa-tür-ni-çen'-tric, a. [Eng. Saturn, and cen tric.] Appearing as if seen from the center of the planet Saturn. sa-tür-ni-dæ, s. pl. [Modern Lat. saturn i ( a ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Entom.: A family of Moths, formerly merged in Bombycidae (q. v.). Antenne pectinated; wings broad, each with an eye-like spot. Larva with short bristles, cocoon pear-shaped.