AMMONITE


Meaning of AMMONITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-mə-ˌnīt ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin ammonites, from Latin cornu Ammonis, literally, horn of Ammon

Date: 1758

: any of a subclass (Ammonoidea) of extinct cephalopods especially abundant in the Mesozoic age that had flat spiral shells with the interior divided by septa into chambers

• am·mo·nit·ic ˌa-mə-ˈni-tik adjective

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