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anamniote
[ an-am-nee-oht ]
noun
- any of the vertebrates of the group Anamnia (Anamniota), comprising the cyclostomes, fishes, and amphibians, characterized by the absence of an amnion during the embryonic stage.
anamniote
/ ænˌæmnɪˈɒtɪk; ænˈæmnɪəʊt /
noun
- any vertebrate animal, such as a fish or amphibian, that lacks an amnion, chorion, and allantois during embryonic development Compare amniote
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Derived Forms
- anamniotic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anamniote1
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Example Sentences
As you might know, caecilian ancestry has recently been linked with another anamniote group, on which more later.
From Scientific American
The text you’re about to read is a substantially reduced section from the giant anamniote chapter of my in-prep textbook, The Vertebrate Fossil Record, currently over 1000 pages long and still incomplete.
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