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ammonite¹

  • /ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/

Where it comes from

From French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder in reference to coiling ram horns used to symbolise the Egyptian god Amun. Equivalent to Ammon + -ite.

noun ammonites

  1. Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal. There's more interest to my mind in a neolithic scraper than in a whole show-case-full of ammonites and belemnites.

    Similar: ammonid, ammonoid

ammonite²

  • /ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/

Where it comes from

From ammonium nitrate.

noun

  1. uncountable An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.

Ammonite³

  • /ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/
  • [ˈɛə̯mɪ̈nʌɪ̯t̚] US

noun Ammonites

  1. A native or inhabitant of Ammon.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to the Ammonites.

    Similar: Ammonitish

proper noun

  1. The 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.

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noun cephalopod

Españolamonite
한국어암모나이트 ammonaiteu
日本語アンモナイト anmonaito
中文菊石 júshí
Portuguêsamonite
Françaisammonite
DeutschAmmonit
Italianoammonite
Ελληνικάαμμωνίτης ammonítis
Русскийаммони́т ammonít
Tiếng Việtcúc đá

noun explosive

Portuguêsamonita
Русскийаммони́т ammonít

noun native or inhabitant of Ammon

हिन्दीअम्मोनी ammonī
Portuguêsamonita

name extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people

हिन्दीअम्मोनी ammonī
Portuguêsamonita

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"ammonite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ammonite. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"ammonite." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ammonite.

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@misc{ammonite_2026,
  title = {ammonite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ammonite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}