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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Origin of metameric
Example Sentences
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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
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 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
But as certainly as we have no such metameric segmentation, as this older view implies, in the brain-case of the frog, so quite as certainly is metameric segmentation evident in its branchial arches.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In metamerically segmented animals the 322 appearance of the cavities of these sacs is synchronous with, and indeed determines, the appearance of metameric segmentation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
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