any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

amnion 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embryo of higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)

Synonyms

Derivationally related form

amniotic 1

adjective

of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion

amnionic 1

adjective

of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion

amnic 1

adjective

of or related to the amnion or characterized by developing an amnion

Part_holonym

amniote 1

noun

any member of the Amniota

fetal membrane 1

noun

any membrane that functions for the protection or nourishment or respiration or excretion of a developing fetus

Member_of_this_domain_-_TOPIC

mammal 1

noun

any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

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