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A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.

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  1. n. A word/pastoral">pastoral word/poem">poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
  2. n. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life
  3. A word/pastoral">pastoral word/poem">poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from which the modern usage of the word has been established.
  4. A word/pastoral">pastoral word/poem">poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversingwith each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, fromwhich the modern usage of the word has been established.
  5. n:100 n. a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life