ammonite
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1AMMONITE + NOUN
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noun
Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
Ammonites floated through the world's shallow oceans for more than three hundred million years, and their fossilized shells turn up all around the world.
Visit the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in the UK, and ammonite road signs greet you at every town and city and even the lampposts on the seafront feature a familiar coiled shell.
noun
An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.
noun
A native or inhabitant of Ammon.
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noun — one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusk
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3Ammonites floated through the world's shallow oceans for more than three hundred million years, and their fossilized shells turn up all around the world.
WiktionaryVisit the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in the UK, and ammonite road signs greet you at every town and city and even the lampposts on the seafront feature a familiar coiled shell.
WiktionaryThere are a few well known shelled giant cephalopods from the fossil record. Some of the largest recorded ammonites are in the genus Parapuzosia, fossils of which reach up to 2m in diameter.
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