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Definition of: somite
(sō′mīt) noun Zool.
A serial segment of the body of an animal, especially of an annelid or arthropod. [<Gk. sōma body + -ITE1]
—so·mi·tal (sō′mə·təl), so·mit·ic (sō·mit′ik) adjective
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