paramere

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, such as a starfish
  2. 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

paramere parameres

Etymology

From para- + -mere.

Related words

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