metamere
One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plantsOne of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, such as in an earthworm
Meaning
1 sensesOne of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, such as in an earthworm
one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
Origin
From meta- + -mere.From meta- + -mere.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: metameresSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.