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Webster 1913 Edition
Amniota
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Amˊni-o′ta
,Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Amnion
.] (Zool.)
That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.
Definition 2024
Amniota
Amniota
See also: amniota
Translingual
Proper noun
Amniota
- A taxonomic clade within the clade Reptiliomorpha – the most recent common ancestor of extant mammals and reptiles, and all its descendants; the reptiles, birds and mammals, collectively, all of which have an amnion during development.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass
Hyponyms
- (clade): Reptilia - class; Synapsidomorpha - clade