WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
so•mite  (sō′mīt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
  2. Developmental Biology[Embryol.]one member of a series of paired segments into which the thickened dorsal zone of mesoderm is divided.
  • som(a)1 + -ite1 1865–70
so•mi•tal  (sō′mi tl),USA pronunciation so•mit•ic  (sō mit′ik),USA pronunciation adj. 
'somite' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-ite - dermatome - metamere - metamerism - sclerotome - tome

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