merism

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  1. The repetition of parts in an organism in such a way as to form a regular pattern, as in radial and bilateral symmetry, serial homology, etc. W. Bateson, Study of Variation, p. 23.

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  1. Greek μερισμός, division into parts, from μερίζειν, divide into parts, from μέρος, a participle
 

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