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Definition of Ammonite

1. Noun. One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks.

Definition of Ammonite

1. n. 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.

Definition of Ammonite

1. Noun. Native or inhabitant of Ammon ¹

2. Proper noun. Extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people who used to live in modern-day northwest Jordan, and after whom its capital Amman is named. Extinct since 5th century BCE. ¹

3. Noun. An explosive prepared from ammonium nitrate; amatol ¹

4. Noun. Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily ''Ammonoidea''; a fossil shell of such an animal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ammonite

1. the coiled shell of an extinct mollusk [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ammonite

1. 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. Origin: 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. Synonym: serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Ammonite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Founders and Rulers of United Israel: From the Death of Moses to the by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"The ammonite Wars. There is a brief and apparently late reference to a campaign ... A year later Joab was sent out with a new army to besiege the ammonite ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1902)
"A New ammonite from the Cretaceous Rocks of Queensland. ... The ammonite described in this paper was found by one of us in the Bourke Museum at Beechworth, ..."

3. Fertilizers: The Source, Character and Composition of Natural, Home-made and by Edward Burnett Voorhees (1898)
"... ammonite, or animal matter, are terms applied to practically the same product, though produced in a different way. This material is another source of ..."

4. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"ammonite, to which, though much weaker, it bears a close resemblance in medicinal properties. Dose, iij;xxx-fl. drm. j In water. 164. Therapeutic Uses. ..."

5. A Text-book of Coal-mining by Herbert William Hughes (1892)
"... tamped with Trench's Compound, flame produced by the explosion is quenched. ammonite.—An explosive of recent introduction is that known as ammonite or ..."

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