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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm?na?t/

Etymology 1

From French ammonite, from Latin Amm?nis (corn?) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder. Equivalent to Ammon +? -ite.

Noun

ammonite (plural ammonites)

1. Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.

   Synonyms: ammonid, ammonoid

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Etymology 2

From ammonium nitrate.

Noun

ammonite (uncountable)

1. An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.

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Further reading

• “ammonite” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French

Noun

ammonite f (plural ammonites)

1. ammonite

Italian

Noun

ammonite m (plural ammoniti)

1. ammonite (extinct cephalopod)
2. ammonite(most rare mineral)
3. Synonym of ammolite

Verb

ammonite

1. second-person plural present indicative of ammonire
2. second-person plural imperative of ammonire
3. feminine plural of ammonito

Anagrams

• menomati, mentiamo, mitomane

Latin

Participle

ammonite

1. vocative masculine singular of ammonitus

English

Etymology

From the scientific name Ammonoidea.

Noun

ammonoid (plural ammonoids)

1. An extinct cephalopod of the subclass Ammonoidea (including ammonites).
   • 2017, Mark Carnall, The Guardian, 9 August:

     Although the extinct externally shelled cephalopods ammonoids have an extensive fossil record, their soft tissues are very poorly known and, like extinct and living nautiloids, they are largely presumed to not have possessed an ink sac.

Adjective

ammonoid (comparative more ammonoid, superlative most ammonoid)

1. Characteristic of an ammonite