ammonitenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæm.ə.naɪt/us/ˈæm.ə.naɪt/specializedan extinct sea creature (= one that no longer exists) often found as a fossil (= an animal turned into rock), with a flat, spiral shell
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Palaeontology & fossils
- ammonoid
- carbon dating
- fossil
- fossil record
- fossilize
- fossilized
- index fossil
- microfossil
- missing link
- palaeontology
- paleontology
- petrify
- radiocarbon dating
Examples from literature
- "What's happened?" said the vicar, putting the ammonite on the loose sheets of his forth-coming sermon.
- The fossil ammonites found in India include at least fifteen species.
- They contain gigantic ammonites.