METAMERE


Meaning of METAMERE in English

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

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