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METAMERIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does metameric mean?
• METAMERIC (adjective)
The adjective METAMERIC has 1 sense:
1. having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
Familiarity information: METAMERIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
Synonyms:
metameric; segmental; segmented
Similar:
divided (separated into parts or pieces)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Derivation:
metamere (one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally)
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