unsegmented
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- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈsɛɡmɛntɪd/
- Specialized
:
no segmentado
- The unsegmented form of the snail is a key feature that differentiates it from other mollusks.
Examples
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Unlike segmented worms, the unsegmented larvae of the beetle have a smooth appearance.
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Onychophores do have fleshy, unsegmented paired limbs, but nothing else about Microdictyon suggests this group, and no true onychophore has hard parts like the SSF elements on the Chinese animal.
Academic text (1990) -
The unsegmented body of the jellyfish allowed it to move gracefully through the water.
Synonyms
Not having parts that repeat along a body or structure
A body part that has no joints or separate parts
A stem or limb with no joints that moves in one piece
Having no inner walls, for example in fungus threads or long algae tubes
A leaf with one whole surface and no separate parts
Not divided into parts or sections
A thing that has no separate parts
Remaining as a single part without branches
Whole and not broken into parts
Whole and not divided into parts
Not divided into parts and kept together as one unit
A person or thing that blends into a group and has no clear identity
Antonyms
How Segmented
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unsegmented breaks into un- meaning 'not' and segment meaning 'a part or slice', like a segment of an orange. So unsegmented means 'not divided into parts', which is why we use it for animals or objects that have one whole body.