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metameric, a.|mɛtəˈmɛrɪk|
[f. Gr. µετα- meta- + µέρος part + -ic.]
1. Chem. Characterized by metamerism.
1847Turner's Elem. Chem. (ed. 8) i. 176. 1885 I. Remsen Org. Chem. 31 Bodies may have the same per centage composition and the same molecular weights. Such bodies are said to be metameric.
2. Zool. Of or pertaining to metameres.
1875tr. Schmidt's Desc. & Darw. 54 The metameric formation, as it is termed by Haeckel,—is totally foreign to the Molluscs. 1877Ray Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XVII. 427 This transient metameric segmentation of the Holothurian.
Hence metaˈmerically adv., with metameric segmentation.
1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 602 A dilatation of these metamerically arranged canals. 1888Beddard in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXIX. 278 Metamerically disposed tufts of tubules. |