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. [1913 Webster]