METAMERE

metamere, somite

(noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

metamere (plural metameres)

(biology) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment or somite.

Source: Wiktionary


Met"a*mere, n. Etym: [Pref. meta- + -mere.] (Biol.)

Definition: One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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