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Definition of Metamere
1. Noun. One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally.
Definition of Metamere
1. n. One 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, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.
Definition of Metamere
1. Noun. (biology) One 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, as in an earthworm; a segment or somite. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metamere
1. a somite [n -S] - See also: somite
Medical Definition of Metamere
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metamere
Literary usage of Metamere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"Each new organ of a metamere appears first as a single organ common to both embryos,
... The same process takes place in the next posterior metamere, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A morphological metamere of a vertebrate has been called a агат- ... In ;<tiil., of
or pertaining to a metamere or metamerism ; being a metamere, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"The first trunk metamere is therefore ... As to the particular metamere which
has subdivided, it is impossible to conclude from ..."
4. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Robert Wiedersheim (1886)
"2nd metamere oblique). Oculomotor (///). (superior . Trochlear (IV). ...
3rd metamere (external rectus). 4th metamere (muscles which are early aborted). ..."
5. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"Similarly multiplication of the organ-individuals of a metamere, or of the
metamere-individuals of a conn us may occur without producing reproduction of the ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It must be remembered that a vertebra even taken with its muscular, vascular and
neural accessories is only a partial metamere—a ..."
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