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adj. [Gr. hypo, under; meros, part](ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta)A condition of regenerates with fewer segments than had been removed; see hypermeric.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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hypermeric — adj. [Gr. hyper, above; meros, part] (ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta) Said of regenerate earthworms, which reproduce more segments than originally removed; hypermery n; see hypomeric … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
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