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Answer for the clue "One of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally ", 8 letters:
metamere

Word definitions for metamere in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally [syn: somite ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context biology English) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment or somite.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metamere \Met"a*mere\, n. [Pref. meta- + -mere.] (Biol.) One of successive or homodynamous parts in animals and plants; one of a series of similar parts that follow one another in a vertebrate or articulate animal, as in an earthworm; a segment; a somite. ...