Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
metameral and metameric, 2.
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Examples
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Moreover, the underlying cutis is also not metamerous, although it develops from the segmental structure of the cutis-plates (Figures 1.161 and 1.162 cp).
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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The sexually mature lancelet has, on the right and left of the gut, a series of metamerous sacs, which are filled with ova in the female and sperm in the male.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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