amoebae |
Amoebaeum | ‖n. [ L. amœbaeus, Gr. &unr_;, alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. &unr_; &unr_;, a responsive song, fr. &unr_; change. ] A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil. [ 1913 Webster ] |