n.
Pronunciation: ' me-t ə - ˌ mir
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary
Date: 1876
: any of a linear series of primitively similar segments into which the body of a higher invertebrate or vertebrate is divisible
– meta · mer · ic \ ˌ me-t ə - ' mer-ik, - ' mir- \ adjective
– meta · mer · i · cal · ly \ -i-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb