I. am·mo·nite ˈaməˌnīt, usu -īd.+V noun
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Etymology: New Latin ammonites, from ammon- (from Latin cornu Ammonis ammonite, literally, horn of Ammon, Egyptian deity represented with ram's horns, from cornu horn + Ammonis, gen. of Ammon, from Greek Ammōn ) + -ites -ite — more at ammonia
1. : any of numerous fossil shells of cephalopods of the order Ammonoidea having the form of a flat spiral similar to that of the nautilus and especially abundant in the Mesozoic age, some being 3 feet or more in diameter
2. : one of the Ammonoidea
• am·mo·nit·ic |amə|nid.ik adjective
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II. am·mo·nite noun
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Etymology: ammon- (in ammonium nitrate ) + -ite
: a nitrogenous animal product of rendering works consisting largely of dried meat residues and used as a fertilizer
III. am·mon·ite noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin Ammonites, from Hebrew 'Ammōn, people of the Ammonites + Latin -ites -ite
1. : a member of a people who in Old Testament times lived east of the Jordan between the Jabbok and the Arnon
2. : the Semitic language of the Ammonites closely allied to Hebrew
IV. am·mon·ite adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
: of or relating to the Ammonites