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Definition of Metamere

1. Noun. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.

Definition of Metamere

1. n. 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.

Definition of Metamere

1. Noun. (biology) 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 or somite. ¹

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Definition of Metamere

1. a somite [n -S] - See also: somite

Medical Definition of Metamere

1. Unit of segmentation or metamerism. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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