Amniota
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
The group of higher vertebrates, including reptiles, birds, and mammals, that develop an amnion around the embryo during gestation.
“The amniota are distinguished from earlier vertebrate groups by the presence of the amniotic membrane.”
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Ends in A and contains four vowels A, I, O, A, making it vowel-dominant with the MN cluster as the key consonant pair
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Scores 9 points, the botanical A ending allows some hook options on a busy board
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