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metamere
[ met-uh-meer ]
noun
- a somite.
metamere
/ mɪˈtæmərəl; ˈmɛtəˌmɪə /
noun
- one of the similar body segments into which earthworms, crayfish, and similar animals are divided longitudinally Also calledsomite
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Derived Forms
- metameral, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of metamere1
C19: from meta- + -mere
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Example Sentences
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Each such “mere” is often called a “metamere.”
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This coelom is lined by peritoneal cells and is divided into a series of metameres by septa which correspond to the segmentation of the body, the arrangement being thus precisely like that of typical Chaetopoda.
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One bead, one carriage, one vertebra, would be a metamere.
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He proposed, indeed, to do away with the term homology altogether, on the ground that it included many resemblances which were obviously not due to common descent—as, for instance, the resemblance of metameres.
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