metameric

[met-uh-mer-ik]

adjective

Also me·tam·er·al [muh-tam-er-uh l] /məˈtæm ər əl/. Zoology.
1. consisting of metameres.
2. pertaining to metamerism.
Chemistry. of, relating to, or characteristic of metamerism.

Origin of metameric

First recorded in 1840–50; metamere + -ic

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

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Examples from the Web for metameric

Historical Examples of metameric

In Cartilaginous ganoids the only indications of metameric segmentation are found in the neural and haemal arches.
The Vertebrate Skeleton
Sidney H. Reynolds
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
Remarkable for the adhesion of incomplete fission-products in a metameric series.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5
Various
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

British Dictionary definitions for metameric

metameric

adjective

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

Derived Formsmetamerically, adverb

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