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Segmented   /sˈɛgmˌɛntɪd/  /sˌɛgmˈɛntɪd/  /sˈɛgmˌɛnɪd/  /sˌɛgmˈɛnɪd/   Listen
Segmented

adjective
1.
Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters.  Synonyms: metameric, segmental.



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... in his Text-book of Comparative Anatomy (1888), of the subjects of the musculature of worms and crustacea, and of the mechanism of the motion of the segmented body in the Arthropoda, is of much value in relation to the mechanical genesis of the body segments and limbs of the members of this type. Dr. B. Sharp has also discussed the same subject (American Naturalist, ...
— Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution - His Life and Work • Alpheus Spring Packard
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... below the hips. The color of their dresses varied, but in most cases different shades of blue and subdued yellow predominated. In all, the stockings showed deeper and richer shades of color than the other garments; and in their curiously segmented appearance, and in the harmonious arrangement of the tints, they seemed to represent the skins of pythons and other beautifully variegated serpents. All wore low shoes of an orange-brown color, fitting closely so as to display the ...
— A Crystal Age • W. H. Hudson
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Words linked to "Segmented" :   metameric, segmented worm, zoological science, divided, zoology, segmental


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