or am·oe·bae·an A0260500 (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.]
amoebaean
(ˌæmɪˈbiːən) or
amoebean
adj (Poetry) prosody of or relating to lines of verse dialogue that answer each other alternately