| 释义 |
somite Zool.|ˈsəʊmaɪt|
[f. Gr. σῶµα body, soma2 + -ite.]
One or other of the more or less distinct segments into which the bodies of many animals are divided.
1869Huxley Introd. Classif. Anim. 77 The head of a Crustacean, an Arachnid, a Myriapod, or an Insect is composed of six somites. 1875C. C. Blake Zool. 281 The number of segments or somites in the body of insects never exceeds twenty. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 142 The abdomen..is made up of a number of distinct segments or somites. |