Somite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Somite \So"mite\ (s[=o]"m[imac]t), n. [Gr. sw^ma body.] (Anat. &
     Zool.)
     One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an
     animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed;
     somatome; metamere. -- {So*mit`ic}, a.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  somite
       n : one of a series of similar body segments into which some
           animals are divided longitudinally [syn: {metamere}]