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amœbæum
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amœbæum, 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. [1913 Webster]
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