Definition of amniota Amniota
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What does amniota mean?
WordNet
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| amniota - higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development | ||
| craniate, vertebrate animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | ||
| craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals | ||
| mammal, mammalian any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- amniota (n. pl.)
That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
