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Definition of Amniote

1. Noun. Any member of the Amniota.

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

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Definition of Amniote

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amniote

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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