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† interˈsegment Obs. [inter- 2 b.] 1. A segment of a line included between two lines that intersect it; an intercept. rare.
1690Leybourn Curs. Math. 496 So is MP, the Intersegment of the Parallels VH and KL..to HC, the other Intersegment. 2. Zool. In certain animals, for example earthworms or caterpillars, the part of the body between two segments.
1901Proc. Zool. Soc. 211 Papillæ with the arrangement just described were only found in one example [of the earthworm, Benhamia gambiana]; in another the intersegment xv./xvi. bore but a single median papilla. |