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ammonitic

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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.
[From Late Latin Ammnts, the Ammonites, from Hebrew 'ammônî, Ammonite, from 'ammôn, Ammon, perhaps of Canaanite origin; see mm in Semitic roots.]
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.
[New Latin Ammnts, from Latin (corn) Ammnis, (horn) of Amen, ammonite, genitive of Ammn, Amen, from Greek.]
ammo·nitic (-ntk) adj.
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Adj.1.ammonitic - of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods


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