HyperDic: amniota

English > 1 sense of the word Amniota:
NOUNanimalAmniotahigher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development
English > Amniota: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningHigher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development.
Categorymammal, mammalianAny warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
Member ofVertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniatafishes
MembersamnioteAny member of the Amniota
Broadervertebrate, craniateanimals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Spanishamniota
Catalanamniota, Amniota

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