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 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)

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

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

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

As part of the wider idea of the metameric repetition of parts it had some scientific worth, but the theory was pushed too far, and the facts were twisted to suit it.

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