Metamere
Pronunciation : Met"a*mere
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Pref. meta- + -mere.] (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. See Illust. of Loeven's larva.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913