hypermeric

hypermeric
adj. [Gr. hyper, above; meros, part]
(ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta)
Said of regenerate earthworms, which reproduce more segments than originally removed; hypermery n; see hypomeric.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • hypomeric — adj. [Gr. hypo, under; meros, part] (ANNELIDA: Oligochaeta) A condition of regenerates with fewer segments than had been removed; see hypermeric …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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