Found 2 items, similar to metamere.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: metamere metamere n : one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally [syn: somite]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Metamere Metamere \Met"a*mere\, n. [Pref. meta- + -mere.] (Biol.) 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 . [1913 Webster]