metameric

[ met-uh-mer-ik ]

/ ˌmɛt əˈmɛr ɪk /

adjective

Also me·tam·er·al

[muh-tam-er-uh l] /məˈtæm ər əl/. Zoology.

consisting of metameres.
pertaining to metamerism.

Chemistry. of, relating to, or characteristic of metamerism.

Words nearby metameric

metalworking, metamale, metamathematics, metamer, metamere, metameric, metameric nervous system, metamerism, metamict, metamorphic, metamorphic facies

Origin of metameric

First recorded in 1840–50; metamere + -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM metameric

met·a·mer·i·cal·ly, adverbin·ter·met·a·mer·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for metameric

Gegenbaur's evertebral part—the region of the olfactory and optic nerves—which cannot be referred to any metameric segmentation.
The Origin of Vertebrates|Walter Holbrook Gaskell
It is important to notice that the metameric plan of growth of Chaetopods is still preserved.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7|Various
In Cartilaginous ganoids the only indications of metameric segmentation are found in the neural and haemal arches.
The Vertebrate Skeleton|Sidney H. Reynolds
Remarkable for the adhesion of incomplete fission-products in a metameric series.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for metameric

metameric

/ (ˌmɛtəˈmɛrɪk) /

adjective

divided into or consisting of metameresSee also metamerism (def. 1)

of or concerned with metamerism

Derived forms of metameric

metamerically, adverb

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