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Meaning of METAMERE

Pronunciation:  'metu`meeur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
 

METAMERE is a 8 letter word that starts with M.

 

 Synonyms: somite
 
 See Also: segment

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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