amoebaean

am·oe·be·an

or am·oe·bae·an (ăm′ə-bē′ən)
adj.
Of or relating to verse in which the voices of two characters alternate regularly.
[From Late Latin amoebaeus, from Greek amoibaios, from amoibē, change; see amoeba.]
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amoebaean

(ˌæmɪˈbiːən) or

amoebean

adj
(Poetry) prosody of or relating to lines of verse dialogue that answer each other alternately
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An amoebaean contest, i.e., a singing contest in which one shepherd sings an impromptu couplet, to which the other must reply with a variation of tone and subject matter, composes the third poem.
The seventh poem is another amoebaean singing contest.

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