amoebaeum Meaning, Definition & Usage

Am`oe*bæ"um noun (Also<
  • Amoebaeum
  • Amoebæum
)
Etymology
L. amoebaeus, Gr. , alternate; L. amoebaeum carmen, Gr. , a responsive song, fr. change.
Definitions
  1. A poem in which persons are represented at speaking alternately; as the third and seventh eclogues of Virgil.

Webster 1913