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amoebean

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am⋅oe⋅bae⋅an

  [am-uh-bee-uhn]
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–adjective Prosody.
alternately responsive, as verses in dialogue.
Also, am⋅oe⋅be⋅an.

Origin:
1650–60; < L amoebae(us) antiphonal (< Gk amoibaîos interchanging, equiv. to amoib() alternation (cf. ameba ) + -aios adj. suffix) + -an
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am·oe·be·an or am·oe·bae·an   (ām'ə-bē'ən)   
adj.  Answering alternately in prosody.

[From Late Latin amoebaeus, from Greek amoibaios, from amoibē, change; see amoeba.]
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