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Somite
CIDE DICTIONARY
Somite, n. [Gr. sw^ma body.].
One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Somite, n. each body-division of a metamerically segmented animal.
Derivative
somitic adj.
Etymology
Gk soma body + -ITE(1)
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