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anamniote

[ an-am-nee-oht ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. any vertebrate animal, such as a fish or amphibian, that lacks an amnion, chorion, and allantois during embryonic development Compare amniote
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • anamniotic, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anamniote1

< New Latin Anamniota. See an- 1, amniote
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Example Sentences

As you might know, caecilian ancestry has recently been linked with another anamniote group, on which more later.

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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