ammonite

English - Turkish

Definition of ammonite in English Turkish dictionary: ammonit; bir kafadanbacaklı kabuğunun fosili; fosil
ammonites: ammonitler

English - English

Definition of ammonite in English English dictionary: Native or inhabitant of Ammon; 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; 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; one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks; {i} a chambered and coiled ammonoid (an extinct mollusk); 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; Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis; A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus; They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal; ammonoid
An ammonite: ophiomorphite
ammonites: plural of ammonite

ammonite

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Am·mon·ite

ämınayt

/ˈaməˌnīt/ /ˈæməˌnaɪt/

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