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- [met-uh-meer]
- /ˈmɛt əˌmɪər/
- /mˌetəmˈiə/
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- [met-uh-meer]
- /ˈmɛt əˌmɪər/
Definitions of metamere word
- noun metamere a somite. 1
- noun metamere (biology) 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 or somite. 1
- noun metamere one of the similar body segments into which earthworms, crayfish, and similar animals are divided longitudinally 0
- noun metamere any of a longitudinal series of similar segments making up the body of a worm, crayfish, etc. 0
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Origin of metamere
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80; meta- + -mere
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Parts of speech for Metamere
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
metamere popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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