You can mark you interesting snippets of text that will be available through a unique link in your browser.

amniote

Translation
amniote
/am"nee oht'/, n.
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage. Cf. anamniote.
[ < NL amniota; see AMNION, -OTE]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

  
Share  

Look at other dictionaries:

  • amniote — * * * ● amniote nom masculin Vertébré dont l embryon est accompagné d un amnios et d une allantoïde. (C est le cas des reptiles, des oiseaux et des mammifères.) ● amniote (synonymes) nom masculin Vertébré dont l embryon est accompagné d un amnios …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • amniote — n. 1. any member of the Amniota. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • amniote — 1> зоол. амниот …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Amniote — Taxobox | name = Amniotes fossil range = fossil range|340|0Middle Mississippian (early Carboniferous) Recent image width = 250px image caption = A baby tortoise emerges from an amniotic egg. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum =… …   Wikipedia

  • amniote — noun Etymology: New Latin Amniota, from amnion Date: 1887 any of a group (Amniota) of vertebrates that undergo embryonic or fetal development within an amnion and include the birds, reptiles, and mammals • amniote adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • amniote — амниот (зоология) амниот …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • Amniote — Amniota Amniotes …   Wikipédia en Français

  • amniote — a classification of vertebrates to include those with an amnion …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • amniote — амниот …   Англо-русский технический словарь

  • amniote — noun Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles …   Wiktionary