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SEGMENTED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters

Synonyms:

metameric; segmental; segmented

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

divided (separated into parts or pieces)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb segment

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 Context examples: 

A family of single-stranded, non-segmented, positive-sense RNA viruses with a hexagonal/spherical capsid and no envelope.

(Calicivirus, NCI Thesaurus)

The genome is composed of segmented, double-stranded RNA.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The taxonomic phylum whose members are invertebrates with hard exoskeletons and segmented joints.

(Arthropoda, NCI Thesaurus)