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amoebean

amoebean adjective: describing a form of prosody (amoebaeum) featuring alternating responses.

Adjective

amoebean (not comparable)

  1. Describing a form of prosody (amoebaeum) featuring alternating responses.

Forms of amoebean

alternative formamebean
alternative formamœbæan
alternative formamoebaean

Origin of amoebean

From Latin amoebaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “reciprocal”), from ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change; alternation”).

Questions about amoebean

What does amoebean mean?
Amoebean means describing a form of prosody (amoebaeum) featuring alternating responses.
What part of speech is amoebean?
Amoebean is an adjective.

Words near amoebean in the dictionary

  1. amoeban
  2. amoebapore
  3. amoebapores
  4. amoebas
  5. amoebazoan
  6. amoebean
  7. amoebian
  8. amoebians
  9. amoebiases
  10. amoebiasis
  11. amoebic

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