"ammonite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Ammonite.wav [US] Forms: ammonites [plural]
Etymology: From French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder. Equivalent to Ammon + -ite. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|ammonite}} French ammonite, {{der|en|la|Ammōnis (cornū)|t=horn of Ammon}} Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), {{affix|en|Ammon|-ite}} Ammon + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} ammonite (plural ammonites)
  1. (paleontology) Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal. Categories (topical): Paleontology Categories (lifeform): Ammonites Synonyms: ammonid, ammonoid Derived forms: ammonitic, ammonitiferous, ammonitoid, neoammonite Translations (cephalopod): ammonit [masculine] (Catalan), 菊石 (júshí) (Chinese Mandarin), ammoniitti (Finnish), ammonite (French), Ammonit [masculine] (German), ammonitesz (Hungarian), amainít [feminine] (Irish), ammonite [masculine] (Italian), amonit [masculine] (Polish), amonite [feminine] (Portuguese), аммони́т (ammonít) [masculine] (Russian), amonite [masculine] (Spanish), ammonit (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ammonite-en-noun-RuTMbfwK Disambiguation of Ammonites: 59 41 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ite Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Ammonite.wav [US]
Etymology: From ammonium nitrate. Etymology templates: {{m|en|ammonium nitrate}} ammonium nitrate Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} ammonite (uncountable)
  1. An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China. Tags: uncountable Related terms: amatol, ammonitrate Translations (explosive): ammoniitti (Finnish), amóinít [feminine] (Irish), amonit [masculine] (Polish), amonita [feminine] (Portuguese), аммони́т (ammonít) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ammonite-en-noun-oMACKjYC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аммони́т"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Amatol#Ammonite"
  ],
  "word": "ammonite"
}

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