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somite
[ soh-mahyt ]
noun
- any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- Embryology. one member of a series of paired segments into which the thickened dorsal zone of mesoderm is divided.
somite
/ səʊˈmɪtɪk; ˈsəʊmaɪt; ˈsəʊmɪtəl /
noun
- embryol any of a series of dorsal paired segments of mesoderm occurring along the notochord in vertebrate embryos. It develops into muscle and bone in the adult animal
- zoology another name for metamere
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Derived Forms
- somital, adjective
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Other Words From
- so·mi·tal [soh, -mi-tl], so·mit·ic [soh-, mit, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of somite1
C19: from Greek sōma a body
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Example Sentences
Ventral tentacular cirrus of second somite of a thin or foliaceous and asymmetrical form.
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General color yellowish; each somite of anterior region crossed transversely by two fine complete lines of reddish brown color.
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Telson, tel′son, n. the last somite of the pleon or abdomen of certain crustaceans and arachnidans.
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The heart would probably be long and tubular, with a pair of ostia for each somite.
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The two cavities in the cephalic commissure unite dorsally, but ventrally open into the first somite of the trunk.
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