‖Am′œ‐bæ″um (�), n. [L. amœbaeus, 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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.