Main Entry: meta·mere

Pronunciation: \ˈme-tə-ˌmir\

Function: noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1876

: any of a linear series of primitively similar segments into which the body of a higher invertebrate or vertebrate is divisible

— meta·mer·ic \ˌme-tə-ˈmer-ik, -ˈmir-\ adjective

— meta·mer·i·cal·ly \-i-k(ə-)lē\ adverb