SOMITE
metamere, somite
(noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
somite (plural somites)
(embryology) One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
(anatomy) A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.
Anagrams
• Tomeis, mitose, osmite
Source: Wiktionary
So"mite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.& Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal,
esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere.
– So*mit`ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition