Paramere
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Paramere is a noun meaning (zoology) One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, such as a starfish.
Meaning
(zoology) One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, such as a starfish.
More Meanings
- Lateral genital lobes that occur as part of the external reproductive organs of some male insects, sometimes developing into a phallus as the insect matures.
Word Forms
- parameres
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pentamerism, radiosymmetry, tetramerism, hexamerism, pentaradiality, hemispherule.
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