-merous

suff.

Having a specified kind or number of parts: isomerous.

[From New Latin -merus, from Greek -meros, from meros, part; see (s)mer- in Indo-European roots.]

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-merous

adj combining form

(Biology) (in biology) having a certain number or kind of parts: dimerous.

[from Greek meros part, division]

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-merous

a combining form meaning “having parts” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: dimerous.

[< Greek -merēs, adj. derivative of méros part, share; see -ous]

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