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Webster 1913 Edition
Ammonite
Am′mon-ite
,Noun.
[L. cornu
Ammonis
born of Ammon; L. Ammon
, Gr. [GREEK] an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun
.] (Paleon.)
A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called
serpent stone
, snake stone
, and cornu Ammonis
. Webster 1828 Edition
Ammonite
AM'MONITE
, n.[Cornu ammonis, from Jupiter Ammon, whose statues were represented with ram's horns.]Serpent-stone, or cornu ammonis, a fossil shell, curved into a spiral, like a ram's horn; of various sizes, from the smallest grains to three feet in diameter. This fossil is found in stratums of limestone and clay, and in argillaceous iron ore. It is smooth or ridged; the ridges strait, crooked or undulated.
Definition 2024
Ammonite
Ammonite
See also: ammonite
English
Noun
Ammonite (plural Ammonites)
- A native or inhabitant of Ammon.
Translations
native or inhabitant of Ammon
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Proper noun
Ammonite
- The extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people who used to live in modern-day northwest Jordan, and after whom its capital Amman is named. Extinct since 5th century BCE.
Translations
extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people
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ammonite
ammonite
See also: Ammonite
English
An ammonite (2)
Noun
ammonite (plural ammonites)
- An explosive prepared from ammonium nitrate; amatol
- Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal
Translations
explosive
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cephalopod