metameric

9.9

With the body divided into similar segments, like an earthworm or lobster

adjective
/ˌmɛtəˈmɛrɪk/

Specialized

: metamérica

The earthworm's body is metameric, consisting of multiple similar segments.

Examples

In lobsters, the metameric structure allows for flexibility and movement.
Scientists study metameric anatomy to understand how segmented bodies function.
Ideally, we would want the same sets of metameric colors for both the initial image capture device and the human viewer. This can be achieved only if the spectral response functions for the device are a linear combination.

Academic text (1992)
Metamerism is a device-specific attribute: for devices with different spectral responses, different sets of colors are metameric.

Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

segmental

vsmetameric

Specialized

1 8.0

An animal with a body made of repeating sections like an earthworm

means the same but stresses similar repeated segments

segmented

vsmetameric

5.5

With a body made of several similar parts, like a worm or insect

focuses on regular repeated segments rather than any separated parts

How Segmented

metameric

Specialized

9.9

segmented

5.5

segmental

Specialized

1 8.0

unsegmented

Specialized

1 7.8

Surface Forms

metameric positive

Morphology

metameric = metamere (transparent) = metamere + ic

Formed by the regular adjective suffix '-ic' on 'metamere'; the adjective meaning 'having metameres/segments' follows directly from the base.

Etymology

Metameric comes from Greek parts meta- meaning 'after' and meros meaning 'part', so it literally imagines 'parts one after another'. That's why a metameric animal has its body made of a series of similar segments.