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Amoebaeum

Amoebaeum \Am`[oe]*b[ae]"um\, n. [L. am[oe]baeus, Gr. ?, alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. ? ?, a responsive song, fr. ? change.] A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil. [1913 Webster] ||

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amoebaeum

n. (context poetry English) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.