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somites

somites is the plural of somite.

Meaning of somite

Noun

somite (plural somites)

  1. One of the paired masses of mesoderm distributed along the sides of the neural tube that will eventually become dermis, skeletal muscle, or vertebrae.
  2. A metamere, one of a series of segments, arranged longitudinally, of which some animals are composed.
    • pedigerous somite

Questions about somites

What is somites the plural of?
Somites is the plural of somite.

Words near somites in the dictionary

  1. Someșul Mare
  2. somickle
  3. Sominot
  4. somital
  5. somite
  6. somites
  7. somitic
  8. somitocoel
  9. somitocoels
  10. somitogenesis
  11. somitomere

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