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Definition of Merosome
1. n. One of the serial segments, or metameres, of which the bodies of vertebrate and articulate animals are composed.
Definition of Merosome
1. Noun. (biology) Any of the segments of a segmented animal ¹
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Definition of Merosome
1. one of the serial segments of which a body is composed [n -S]
Medical Definition of Merosome
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Merosome
Literary usage of Merosome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Thus, one of the rays of a starfish, or one of the rings of a worm or crustacean,
is a merosome. Merostomata (mer-ö-stö'ma-tä), n. ¡il. ..."
2. Elements of Zoology: For the Use of Schools and Science Classes by Andrew Wilson (1873)
"For convenience sake the naturalist invents an ideal element of form, to which
Professor Allman has applied the term " merosome ;" " the result of the ..."
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