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1. (n.) somite
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
2. somite
one of the thickened segments of tissue that occur in pairs along the back of the vertebrate embryo.
Etymology: (1865–70; < Gk
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1. (noun) metamere, somite
one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
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1. (noun) somite
one of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere
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