amniote

English

Etymology

From scientific Latin Amniota.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈam.nɪ.əʊt/

Noun

amniote (plural amniotes)

1. (biology) Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles.
   • 2011 September 22, Richard Shelton, “Sheep, pig, whale”, in Times Literary Supplement:

     Natural selection responded accordingly and the ultimate result was not just the evolution of more amphibians but ultimately of creatures no longer dependent on an aquatic habitat for reproduction, the so-called amniotes – the animals we know today as reptiles, birds and mammals.

Hypernyms

• reptiliomorph

Hyponyms

• sauropsid, sauropsidan
• synapsid, mammal-like reptile, pelycosaur, stem mammal, proto-mammal, paramammal

Derived terms

• anamniote
• nonamniote

 

Related terms

• amnio
• amnio-
• amniocentesis
• amnion
• amniotic
• amniotic egg
• amniotic fluid
• amniotic sac

 

Translations

vertebrate having an amnion during the development of the embryo

• Afrikaans: amniota
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羊膜動物／羊膜动物 (yángmó dòng wù)

• French: amniote (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ამნიონიანები (amnionianebi)
• Indonesian: amniota
• Italian: amniote (it) m
• Japanese: 羊膜類 (ようまくるい, yōmakurui), 有羊膜類 (ゆうようまくるい, yūyōmakurui), 無鰓類 (むさいるい, musairui)
• Kazakh: қағанақты (qağanaqty)
• Korean: 양막류(羊膜類) (yangmangnyu), 유양막류(有羊膜類) (yuyangmangnyu), 무새류(無鰓類) (musaeryu)
• Latin: amniota f
• Persian: آب‌پرده‌داران
• Polish: owodniowiec m
• Portuguese: amniota m
• Telugu: ఉల్బధారులు (te) (ulbadhārulu)
• Vietnamese: động vật có màng ối (動物𣎏𦛿渨)

Anagrams

• Maniote, iomante, ominate

Italian

Noun

amniote m (plural amnioti)

1. amniote

Anagrams

• antemio, mietano, monetai, nomiate, omanite, teniamo