Found 2 items, similar to Somite.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: somite
somite
n : one of a series of similar body segments into which some
animals are divided longitudinally [syn:
metamere]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Somite
Somite
\So"mite\ (s[=o]"m[imac]t), n. [Gr. sw^ma body.] (Anat. &
Zo["o]l.)
One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an
animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed;
somatome; metamere. --
So*mit`ic, a.
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