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Ammonite
Meaning
Noun
●
In Paleontology:
Any of an
extinct
group of
cephalopods
of the
subclass
Ammonoidea; a
fossil
shell
of such an animal.
●
An
explosive
prepared
from a
mixture
of TNT and
ammonium nitrate
; a form of
amatol
,
popular
in Eastern Europe and China.
●
A
native
or
inhabitant
of Ammon.
Adj
●
Of or
pertaining
to the Ammonites.
Name
●
The
extinct
Canaanite language of
th
e Ammonite people who used to
live in
modern-day
northwest
Jordan, and after whom its
capital
Amman is
named
. Extinct since 5th
century
BCE.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
ammonite
English
ammonite
French
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Trilobite
Eclogite
Kyanite
Marcasite
Agate
Archaeopteryx
Ichthyosaur
Fossil
Ironstone
Mosasaur
Allosaurus
Iron Meteorite
Apple Snail
Alligator Snapping Turtle
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