| Pronunciation: | | 'metu`meeur
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally |
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METAMERE is a 8 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | somite |
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| | See Also: | | segment |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Met"a*mere\, n. [Pref. meta- + -mere.] (Biol.)
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}.
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