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metamere

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

met=a=mere

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun metamere has 1 sense

metamere(n = noun.animal) somite - one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally; Array

is a kind of segment

Derived form adjective metameric₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

metamere, n. [Pref. meta- + -mere.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

metamere, n. Zool. each of several similar segments, that contain the same internal structures, of an animal body.

Etymology

META- + Gk meros part

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