Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In embryology, a portion of the mesodermal wall of the epicœloma in the vertebrate embryo. See cut under
epicœloma . - noun In zoology, same as
epimeron .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology One of the
segments of thetransverse axis , or the so-calledhomonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of theextremities invertebrates , or one of the similar segments inplants , as in a segmentedleaf .
Etymologies
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epi- + -mere
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