METAMERIC

metameric, segmental, segmented

(adjective) having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

metameric (not comparable)

(biology, anatomy) exhibiting metamerism

(obsolete, chemistry) exhibiting structural isomerism

Source: Wiktionary


Met`a*mer"ic, a. Etym: [Pref. meta- + Gr.

1. (Chem.)

Definition: Having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but possessing a different structure and different properties; as, methyl ether and ethyl alcohol are metameric compounds. See Isomeric.

Note: The existence of metameric compounds is due to the different arrangement of the same constituents in the molecule.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation; as, metameric segmentation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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