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Noun.

[L.

amœbaeus

, Gr. [GREEK], alternate; L.

amoebaeum

carmen, Gr. [GREEK] [GREEK], a responsive song, fr. [GREEK] change.]

A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

amoebaeum ‎(plural amoebaea)

(poetry) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.
The third eclogue of Virgil is an amoebaeum.

poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately

amoebaeum