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AMMONITES

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am⋅mo⋅nite

1  [am-uh-nahyt]
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–noun
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
Origin:
1700–10; < NL Ammonites < ML (cornū) Ammōn(is) (lit., horn of Ammon ) + -ītes -ite 1 ; fossil so called from its resemblance to the horn of Jupiter Ammon

Related forms:
am⋅mo⋅nit⋅ic  [am-uh-nit-ik] , adjective
am⋅mon⋅i⋅toid  [uh-mon-i-toid] , adjective
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am⋅mo⋅nite

2  [am-uh-nahyt]
–noun
a nitrogenous mixture consisting chiefly of dried animal fats, usually obtained from livestock carcasses, and used as a fertilizer.
Origin:
1600–10; ammo(nium) + nit(rat)e

Am⋅mon⋅ite

  [am-uh-nahyt]
–noun
1. an inhabitant of Ammon.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the Ammonites.
Origin:
1605–15; Ammon + -ite 1

Related forms:
Am⋅mon⋅it⋅ish, adjective
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am·mo·nite   (ām'ə-nīt')   
n.  The coiled, flat, chambered fossil shell of an extinct cephalopod mollusk that was abundant in the Cretaceous Period.

[New Latin Ammōnītēs, from Latin (cornū) Ammōnis, (horn) of Amen, ammonite, genitive of Ammōn, Amen, from Greek.]
am'mo·nit'ic (-nĭt'ĭk) adj.
Am·mon·ite   (ām'ə-nīt')   
n.  

  1. A member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Ammon, mentioned frequently in the Bible.

  2. The Semitic language of the Ammonites.


[From Late Latin Ammōnītēs, the Ammonites, from Hebrew 'ammônî, Ammonite, from 'ammôn, Ammon, perhaps of Canaanite origin; see ʕmm in Semitic roots.]
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ammonite 
"cephalopod mollusk," 1706, coined by Bruguière from M.L. (cornu) Ammonis "horn of Ammon," the Egyptian god of life and reproduction, who was depicted with ram's horns, which the fossils resemble.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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