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1. Ammonite
   (pronounced AM-uh-nite) Ammonite was an early mollusk, a fast-moving predatory marine invertebrate (a cephalopod). These animals were protected by a shell (usually spiral-coiled) that contained many air filled chambers; the animal lived only in the outer chamber. Ammonites ranged in size from under ...
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2. ammonite
   [n] - one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
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3. Ammonite
   Member of an ancient Semitic people, mentioned in the Old Testament or Jewish Bible, who lived northwest of the Dead Sea. Their capital was Amman, in present-day Jordan. They worshipped the god...
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4. Ammonite
   Am'mon·ite noun [ Latin cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; Latin Ammon , Greek ... an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun .] (Paleon.) A fossil cephal...
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5. ammonite
   <paleontology> 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 lo...
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6. ammonite
   ammonoid noun one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
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7. Ammonite
   • (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 pl...
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8. Ammonite
   any member of an ancient Semitic people whose principal city was Rabbath Ammon, in Palestine. The `sons of Ammon` were in perennial, though ... [3 related articles]
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9. ammonite
   ammonite (ăm'unīt) , one of a type of extinct marine cephalopod mollusk, related to the nautilus and resembling it in having an elaborately coiled and chambered shell. Unlike the interiors of nautilus shells, the chambers of ammonite shells display intricately shaped septa and suture...
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10. Ammonite
    A coiled, chambered fossil shell of a cephalopod mollusk of the extinct order Ammonoidea.
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11. Ammonite
    An ammonite is one type of extinct sea creature, often found as a fossil.
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12. Ammonite
    The Ammonites were an ancient people who lived in the area which is now southern Jordan in the Middle East. They were said to be descended from Lot, who appears in the Old Testament. They were infamous for their ritual sacrifice of their own children which took place by burning at Yophet, a place constructed for the purpose in the valley of Hinnom.
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13. Ammonite
    Ammonite is an explosive composed of pure ammonium nitrate and nitro-naphthalene; formerly used in coal mining.
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14. ammonite
    Extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, related to the modern nautilus. The shell was curled in a plane spiral and made up of numerous gas-filled chambers, the outermost containing the body of the animal. Many species flourished between 200 million and 65 million years ago, ranging in size from that of a small coin to 2 m/...
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15. Ammonite
    ) are an Extinction|extinct group of marine invertebrate animals in the subclass `Ammonoidea` of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e. octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish) than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living Nautilus species. A...
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16. Ammonite
    (novel) `Ammonite` is Nicola Griffith`s first novel, published in 1992 (ISBN 0-345-37891-1). It won both the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) fiction, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for science fiction or fantasy that explores or expands our unde...
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