Associations to the word «Amniota»

Wiktionary

AMNIOTA, proper noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

AMNIOTA, noun. Higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development.

Wise words

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John Locke