AMMONITE


Meaning of AMMONITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈæmənaɪt ]

n. any extinct cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, with a flat coiled spiral shell found as a fossil. [mod.L ammonites, after med.L cornu Ammonis, = L Ammonis cornu (Pliny), horn of (Jupiter) Ammon]

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