Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Somite \So"mite\, n. [Gr. ? body.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.)
   One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an
   animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is is composed;
   somatome; metamere. -- {So*mit`ic}, a.

Source : WordNet®

somite
     n : one of a series of similar body segments into which some
         animals are divided longitudinally [syn: {metamere}]