metamere

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Noun metamere has 1 sense

metamere, somite - one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
--₁ is a kind of segment

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Metamere

Noun (Anatomy):

A segmental unit of an organism within which similar structures are repeated.

Example sentence: The body of an earthworm is made up of a series of metameres.

Noun (Zoology):

A division of the body of a segmented animal.

Example sentence: Each metamere in a centipede has its own pair of legs.

Noun (Embryology):

A group of cells that develop into a segment of an organism.

Example sentence: In the early stages of development, the embryo forms metameres that later differentiate into specific body parts.

Noun (Entomology):

One of the segments that make up the body of an insect.

Example sentence: The thorax of a butterfly consists of three metameres.

Noun (Botany):

A repeated unit of growth in a plant, especially in a stem.

Example sentence: The bamboo plant exhibits metameres with nodes and internodes.

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