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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•mo•nite1 (am′ə nīt′),USA pronunciation n. - the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- Medieval Latin (cornū) Ammōn(is) (literally, horn of Ammon) + -ītes -ite1; fossil so called from its resemblance to the horn of Jupiter Ammon
- Neo-Latin Ammonites
- 1700–10;
- a nitrogenous mixture consisting chiefly of dried animal fats, usually obtained from livestock carcasses, and used as a fertilizer.
- ammo(nium) + nit(rat)e 1600–10
- Ancient Historyan inhabitant of Ammon.
adj. - Ancient Historyof or pertaining to the Ammonites.
Am′mon•it′ish, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ammonite /ˈæməˌnaɪt/ n - 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
- the shell of any of these animals, commonly occurring as a fossil
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin Ammōnītēs, from Medieval Latin cornū Ammōnis, literally: horn of Ammon |