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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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Word Origin & History

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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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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