释义 |
‖ amniota, n. pl.|æmnɪˈəʊtə| [mod.L. formed anomalously, after amniotic.] The vertebrates, comprising reptiles, birds and mammals, which possess in embryonic life an allantois and an amnion.
1879tr. Haeckel's Evol. Man II. xviii. 137 Man is a true Amnion Animal, and, in common with all other Amniota, has descended from the Protamnion. |