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 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

In other respects Sedgwick's speculations link on more closely to the Gastræa theory, for one of his main contentions is that the blastopore or Urmund is homologous throughout at least the three metameric phyla.

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

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

It is fermentable, nearly as sweet as cane sugar, and is metameric with dextrose.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)