| NOUN | animal | Amniota | higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development |
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| Meaning | Higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development. | |
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| Category | mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair |
| Member of | Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata | fishes |
| Members | amniote | Any member of the Amniota |
| Broader | vertebrate, craniate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium |
| Spanish | amniota | |
| Catalan | amniota, Amniota | |
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