METAMERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metamere mean? 

• METAMERE (noun)
  The noun METAMERE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: METAMERE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METAMERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

metamere; somite

Hypernyms ("metamere" is a kind of...):

segment (one of the parts into which something naturally divides)

Derivation:

metameric (having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters)