somite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally
    metamere.

WordNet

So"mite noun
Etymology
Gr. body.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.& Zoöl.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed; somatome; metamere. -- So*mit`ic a.

Webster 1913