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amniotes or amniota (sing ular amniote)

Term: amniotes, amniota

Literally meaning: ?that having amnion?

Origin: Anc Greek

??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gather

Coined/History

The author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (8^th cen BC), used to the word ?????? in order to define a vessel for warrior?s blood collection before their death Later, the term was used to denote that surrounds or contents something.

Definition

Amniotes or Amniota is a group of tetrapod vertebrates that have an an amnion during embryonic development(the membrane around the fetus),that is specially adapted to a terrestrial environment including reptiles, birds and mammals.

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