metamere
/ˈmɛtəmɪə
/noun Zoology
Another term for somite.An organism is considered metameric when its body is mostly formed of serially repeated anatomical units called metameres....
- Any particular abdominal metamere usually consists of only two sclerites, the tergum and sternum.
- In the vertebrates the metamere is evident in the embryonic stages and tends to disappear in the adults.
Origin
Late 19th century: from meta- 'together with' + Greek meros 'part'.
- Makarov
- makarrata
- Makasar
- Makasarese
- Makassar
- Makassarese
- Makassar Strait
- makatea
- Makaton
- makdom
- make
- make a beeline for
- make a (big) thing of (or about)
- makeable
- make a bolt for
- make a break for
- make a clean breast of it
- make a clean job of something
- make a clean sweep
- make a conquest of
- make a day (or night) of it
- make a dead set at
- make-a-do
- make a drama out of
- make a fight of it