NOUN
- one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
How To Use metamere In A Sentence
- An organism is considered metameric when its body is mostly formed of serially repeated anatomical units called metameres.
- Rudimentary tracheal metameres invaginate but lack primary branching and interconnections.
- An organism is considered metameric when its body is mostly formed of serially repeated anatomical units called metameres.
- Any particular abdominal metamere usually consists of only two sclerites, the tergum and sternum.
- One bead, one carriage, one vertebra, would be a metamere. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
- In the vertebrates the metamere is evident in the embryonic stages and tends to disappear in the adults.
- The metameres are visible rings on the outside and are separated by partitions on the inside.
- Trigamous insect has no wing and the differences between metameres are not obvious.
