| metamere | (n) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally, Syn. somite |
| Metamere | n. [ Pref. meta- + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva. [ 1913 Webster ] |