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Am⋅mon⋅ite

  [am-uh-nahyt]
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–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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ammonite   (ām'ə-nīt')  Pronunciation Key 
Any of the ammonoids belonging to the order Ammonitida and living during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous Periods. Ammonites had a thick, very ornamental chambered shell with highly defined, wavy sutures between the chambers.
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