Meaning Of The Word Somite

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somite in American English
metamere
noun: any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere

somite in British English
noun: any of a series of dorsal paired segments of mesoderm occurring along the notochord in vertebrate embryos. It develops into muscle and bone in the adult animal

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