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Somite

Somite Meaning & Definition
Somite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Somite?

[n] one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally

Synonyms | Synonyms for Somite: metamere

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See Also | segment

Somite In Webster's Dictionary

\So"mite\, n. [Gr. ? body.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere. -- {So*mit`ic}, a.

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