Ammonite

Am·mon·ite  (m-nt)

n.

1. A member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Ammon, mentioned frequently in the Bible.

2. The Semitic language of the Ammonites.

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[From Late Latin Ammnts, the Ammonites, from Hebrew 'ammônî, Ammonite, from 'ammôn, Ammon, perhaps of Canaanite origin; see mm in Semitic roots.]

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am·mo·nite  (m-nt) also am·mo·noid (-noid)

n.

The coiled, flat, chambered fossil shell of an extinct cephalopod mollusk that was abundant in the Cretaceous Period.

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[New Latin Ammnts, from Latin (corn) Ammnis, (horn) of Amen, ammonite, genitive of Ammn, Amen, from Greek.]

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ammo·nitic (-ntk) adj.

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ammonite¹

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus

2. (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) the shell of any of these animals, commonly occurring as a fossil

[from New Latin Ammōnītēs, from Medieval Latin cornū Ammōnis, literally: horn of Ammon]

ammonitic  [ˌæməˈnɪtɪk] adj

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ammonite²

n

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) an explosive consisting mainly of ammonium nitrate with smaller amounts of other substances, such as TNT

2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a nitrogenous fertilizer made from animal wastes

[from ammo(nium) + ni(tra)te]

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ammonite  (m-nt)

Any of the ammonoids belonging to the order Ammonitida and living during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous Periods. Ammonites had a thick, very ornamental chambered shell with highly defined, wavy sutures between the chambers.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ammonite - one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks ammonoid fossil - the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

Translations

ammonite [ˈæməˌnaɪt] n → ammonite f