Definition of Amniote

1. Noun. Any member of the Amniota.

Generic synonyms: Craniate, Vertebrate
Group relationships: Amniota
Terms within: Amnion, Amnios, Amniotic Sac, Chorion

Definition of Amniote

1. Noun. (biology) Any of the ''Amniota'' group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amniote

1. a vertebrate that develops an amnion during the embryonic stage [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amniote

amnion ring
amnionic
amnionic fluid
amnionitis
amnions
amnioreduction
amnioreductions
amniorrhexis
amniorrhoea
amnios
amnioscope
amnioscopes
amnioscopies
amnioscopy
amniota
amniote (current term)
amniotes
amniotic
amniotic amputation
amniotic band syndrome
amniotic cavity
amniotic corpuscle
amniotic duct
amniotic ectoderm
amniotic fluid
amniotic fluid embolism
amniotic fluid embolisms
amniotic fluid syndrome

Literary usage of Amniote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"... amniote Vertebrata. The structure of the temporal roof is essentially that of the ... while the various postorbital bars of the amniote Vertebrata are ..."

2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"In all three classes of amniote embryos the final results of the genetic processes outlined above is the same, viz., the establishment of a peri- aortic, ..."

3. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"(From by an amniote air- breathing vertebrate (ie, allantoic egg, ... This is a necessary part of ultimate aquatic adaptation, for no egg laid by an amniote ..."

4. The History of the human body by Harris Hawthorne Wilder (1909)
"... in the male amniote these parts are retained while the remainder of the ... (B) Male amniote. ..."

5. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Scientific Study by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1910)
"This unknown common stem-form is our primitive amniote (Profanation). In outward appearance it was probably something between the salamander and the lizard. ..."

6. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1887)
"BAUK (34). On the homologies of the Mammalian ear-bones, ami ou the quadrate in Mammals. — (33). On the morphology of the amniote vertebra. (31). ..."

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