1) Ammonoid 2) Del Rey book 3) Fossil 4) French word used in English
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1) Ammonoid
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• (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 plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpe...
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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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A member of an extinct group (sub-class Ammonoidea) of marine cephalopods with a chambered shell. Ammonites were largely pelagic (dwellers of the open ocean) and typically spiral-shelled, of diameter 0.01–2 meters (0.4in–6.6ft), though helical shells have been found . They first appeared...
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(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 an inch to about 9 feet (3 m) in diameter. They ap...
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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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<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 lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. ... Orig...
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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 cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many...
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An ammonite is one type of extinct sea creature, often found as a fossil.
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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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Ammonite is an explosive composed of pure ammonium nitrate and nitro-naphthalene; formerly used in coal mining.
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n] - one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
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ammonoid noun one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
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A coiled, chambered fossil shell of a cephalopod mollusk of the extinct order Ammonoidea.
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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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the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
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