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Definition: Amniote |
AmnioteNoun1. Any member of the Amniota. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| "Amniote" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amniote" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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Synapsida Mammalia (mammals) Anapsida Testudines (turtles) Diapsida Lepidosauria Squamata (lizards and snakes) Sphenodontida (tuatara) Archosauria Crocodilia (crocodiles and alligators) Aves (birds) |
The amniotes are a group of vertebrates, comprising the mammals, birds, and various other groups collectively referred to as reptiles. Most are adapted to a fully terrestrial existence, although some are secondarily aquatic. In contrast, amphibians are only partially terrestrial and pass through an aquatic stage. The name comes from the amniotic egg, in which the developing embryo is protected by a series of membranes and a hard shell which resists dessication. Their kidneys and large intestines are also designed to retain water. Most mammals do not lay eggs, but corresponding structures may be found inside the placenta. Most reptiles also have protective scaless, which are modified in birds to form feathers.
There are three main lines of amniotes, which may be distinguished by the structure of the skull and in particular the number temporal fenestrae (openings) behind the eye. In anapsids there are none, in synapsids there is one, and in most diapsids there are two.
The skeletal remains of amniotes can be identified by having at least two pairs of sacral ribs and an atragalus bone in the ankle.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amniote."
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
amniote | 2 |
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Words beginning with "amniote": amniotes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: anomie, etamin, inmate, manito, omenta, tamein. | |
-2 letters: ament, amine, amino, amnio, anime, atone, entia, matin, meant, menta, minae, monie, monte, oaten, tenia, tinea, toman. | |
-3 letters: aeon, amen, amie, amin, ante, anti, atom, emit, etna, into, iota, item, main, mane, mano, mate, mean, meat, meno, meta, mien, mina, mine, mint, mite, moan, moat, mote. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: ammonite, amniotes, coinmate, dominate, misatone, monazite, nominate, ptomaine. | |
+2 letters: abominate, amazonite, ammoniate, ammonites, anatomies, anatomise, anatomize, anthemion, antismoke, bombinate, brominate, coinmates, cremation, demantoid, dominated, dominates, emanation, emotional, emulation, encomiast, gemmation, geomantic, manifesto, manticore, mediation, melanotic, melatonin, mentation, misatoned, misatones, monazites, morganite, nominated, nominates, normative, pantomime, protamine, ptomaines, semitonal, tamoxifen. | |
+3 letters: abominated, abominates, aeronomist, amazonites, ambitioned, ammoniated, ammoniates, anatomised, anatomises, anatomized, anatomizes, anointment, antimodern, antimonide, antimonies, antinomies, antireform, antismoker, antonymies, assoilment, autoimmune, autonomies, bombinated, bombinates, brominated, brominates, colemanite, cremations, decimation, defamation, demantoids, denominate, dominative, eliminator, emaciation, emanations, emendation, emigration, emulations, enantiomer, encomiasts, endometria, ergotamine, estimation, exhumation, gemination, gemmations, importance, innominate, intermodal, ironmaster, maceration, maisonette, manifestos, manometric, manticores, marionette, mediations, medication, meditation, melatonins, mentations, moderating, moderation, monetarily, monetarism, monetarist, morganites, nematocide, nominative, numeration, obtainment, ordainment, outbeaming, pantomimed, pantomimes, permeation, phonematic, portamenti, protamines, renominate, stramonies, tambourine, tamoxifens, taxonomies, temptation, terminator, tourmaline, trampoline, womanliest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 6E 69 6F 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- -. .. --- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01101110 01101001 01101111 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m n i o t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 006E 0069 006F 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35798075818671 |
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