AMMONITE

[am.mo.nite] n [NL ammonites, fr. L cornu Ammonis, lit., horn of Ammon] (1758): any of a subclass (Ammonoidea) of extinct cephalopods with flat spiral shells that were esp. abundant in the Mesozoic age -- am.mo.nit.ic adj Am.mon.ite n [LL Ammonites, fr. Heb 'Ammon Ammon (son of Lot), descendant of Ammon] (1537): a member of a Semitic people who in Old Testament times lived east of the Jordan between the Jabbok and the Arnon -- Ammonite adj