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noun
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, such as in an earthworm
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: somite
Antonyms: none provided
noun
one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: somite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: segment
History
From meta- + -mere.
