Amniota

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Translingual

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Amniota tree

Etymology

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From New Latin amnion (membrane around the fetus) +‎ -ota.

Proper noun

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Amniota

  1. A taxonomic clade within the clade Reptiliomorpha – the most recent common ancestor of extant mammals and reptiles, and all its descendants; the reptiles, birds and mammals, collectively, all of which have an amnion during development.

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