metamere

[ met-uh-meer ]

noun

1. a somite.

metamere

/ mɪˈtæmərəl; ˈmɛtəˌmɪə /

noun

1. one of the similar body segments into which earthworms, crayfish, and similar animals are divided longitudinally Also calledsomite

Derived Forms

• metameral, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of metamere¹

First recorded in 1875–80; meta- + -mere

Word History and Origins

Origin of metamere¹

C19: from meta- + -mere

Example Sentences

Each such “mere” is often called a “metamere.”

From Project Gutenberg

This coelom is lined by peritoneal cells and is divided into a series of metameres by septa which correspond to the segmentation of the body, the arrangement being thus precisely like that of typical Chaetopoda.

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One bead, one carriage, one vertebra, would be a metamere.

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He proposed, indeed, to do away with the term homology altogether, on the ground that it included many resemblances which were obviously not due to common descent—as, for instance, the resemblance of metameres.

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