Thesaurus: metamere

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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.
2. n. one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
3. 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.
4. One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants;one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in avertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; asomite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.
5. n. one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally