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

The renal organ of the rabbit, some time before birth, displays a metameric arrangement of its parts; but this disappears, as development proceeds, into the compact kidney of the adult.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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