metameric
Americanadjective
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Zoology. Also metameral
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consisting of metameres.
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pertaining to metamerism.
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Chemistry. of, relating to, or characteristic of metamerism.
adjective
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divided into or consisting of metameres See also metamerism
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of or concerned with metamerism
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It is possible to have bilateral symmetry without a metameric arrangement of parts, as in the mussel and the cuttle-fish; but metameric segmentation without complete or reduced bilateral symmetry does not occur.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg
Commonly the nephridia are strictly paired a single pair to each segment, while the branches of the blood vascular system are similarly metameric.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
If the student wants a perfect figure of metameric segmentation he should think of a train of precisely similar carriages, or a string of beads.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
But the metameric segmentation in the rabbit's organism is not nearly so marked as that of an earthworm, for instance, which is visibly a chain of rings.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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