metameric

American  

[met-uh-mer-ik] / ˌmɛt əˈmɛr ɪk /

adjective

1. Zoology. Also metameral

   1. consisting of metameres.

   2. pertaining to metamerism.

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

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metameric British  

/ ˌmɛtəˈmɛrɪk /

adjective

1. divided into or consisting of metameres See also metamerism

2. of or concerned with metamerism

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Other Word Forms

• intermetameric adjective
• metamerically adverb

Etymology

Origin of metameric

First recorded in 1840–50; metamere + -ic

Example Sentences

It is important to notice that the metameric plan of growth of Chaetopods is still preserved.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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

Xylol, zī′lol, n. any of the metameric dimethyl benzenes.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

It is consciously and admittedly an attempt to apply Geoffroy's principle of the unity of plan and composition to the three great metameric groups, the Annelida, Arthropoda, and Vertebrata.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell