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



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