metamere
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metamere
[met´ah-mēr]one of a series of homologous segments of the body of an animal.
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met·a·mere
(met'ă-mēr),One of a series of homologous segments in the body.
See also: somite.
See also: somite.
[meta- + G. meros, part]
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metamere
(mĕt′ə-mîr′)n.
Any of the homologous segments that compose the bodies of certain animals; a somite.
met′a·mer′ic (-mĕr′ĭk, -mîr′-) adj.
met′a·mer′i·cal·ly adv.
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met·a·mere
(met'ă-mēr)One of a series of homologous segments in the body.
See also: somite
See also: somite
[meta- + G. meros, part]
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somite
ormetamere
a serial segment of the animal body. see METAMERIC SEGMENTATION.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005