Definition of ammonite. Meaning of ammonite. Synonyms of ammonite

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Definition of ammonite

Ammonite
Ammonite Am"mon*ite, n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. ? an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

Meaning of ammonite from wikipedia

- after the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. They are often called ammonites, which is most frequently used for members of the order Ammonitida, the...
- Ammonite is a 2020 romantic drama film written and directed by Francis Lee. The film is loosely inspired by the life of British palaeontologist Mary Anning...
- suborder Ammonite may also refer to: Ammonite (film), a 2020 film Ammonite order, an architectural order featuring ammonite-shaped capitals Ammonite (novel)...
- Ammonite is British-American author Nicola Griffith's debut novel, which was published in 1992. Styled as a meditation on **** ideologies, the novel explores...
- Ammonite is the extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people mentioned in the Bible, who used to live in modern-day Jordan, and after whom its capital...
- Ammon (Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ʻAmān; Hebrew: עַמּוֹן ʻAmmōn; Arabic: عمّون, romanized: ʻAmmūn) was an ancient Semitic-speaking kingdom occupying the east of...
- Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, Tobiah was an Ammonite official who attempted to hinder Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild Jerusalem...
- The Ammonite order is an architectural order that features fluted columns and capitals with volutes shaped to resemble fossil ammonites. The style was...
- Pleuroceras is a genus of ammonite from the lower Jur****ic, upper Pliensbachian. Pleuroceras hawskerense (Young & Bird, 1828) Pleuroceras solare (Phillips...
- Acanthoceras is an extinct cephalopod genus belonging to the subclass Ammonoidea and family Acanthoceratidae that lived from the Albian to early Coniacian...