the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Having the same molecular formula, but possessing a different bonding structure and different properties. See isomeric.
adj. Of or pertaining to a metamere or its formation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In chem., pertaining to or characterized by metamerism.
In zoology, of or pertaining to a metamere or metamerism; being a metamere, or resulting from metamerism; situated in the long axis of the body as one of a longitudinal series of like parts; segmental; somitic.
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adj. having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters
Word Usage
"We also see in various organs of the rabbit, and especially in the case of the limbs and vertebral column, what is called metameric segmentation, that is, a repetition of parts, one behind the other, along the axis of the body."