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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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
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 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)
In the true Chitonidae there are generally two apertures on each side, and in two species three or four, another instance of the tendency to metameric repetition in the group.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
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 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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