Meaning of "ammonite" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMMONITE

From New Latin Ammōnītēs, from Medieval Latin cornū Ammōnis, literally: horn of Ammon.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF AMMONITE

ammonite  [ˈæməˌnaɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMMONITE

Ammonite is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMMONITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ammonoidea

Ammonites /ˈæmənaɪts/ are an extinct group of marine invertebrate animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living Nautilus species. The earliest ammonites appear during the Devonian, and the last species died out during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Ammonites are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which a particular species or genus is found to specific geological time periods. Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals, although there were some helically spiraled and nonspiraled forms. The name "ammonite", from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled rams' horns. Pliny the Elder called fossils of these animals ammonis cornua because the Egyptian god Ammon was typically depicted wearing ram's horns. Often the name of an ammonite genus ends in -ceras, which is Greek for "horn".

Definition of ammonite in the English dictionary

The definition of ammonite in the dictionary is any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus. Other definition of ammonite is the shell of any of these animals, commonly occurring as a fossil.

TRANSLATION OF AMMONITE

Find out the translation of ammonite to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ammonite from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ammonite» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 菊
• Translator English - Spanish: amonita
• English: ammonite
• Translator English - Hindi: अम्मोनी
• Translator English - Arabic: العموني
• Translator English - Russian: аммонит
• Translator English - Portuguese: amonite
• Translator English - Bengali: অম্মোনীয়
• Translator English - French: ammonite
• Translator English - Malay: Ammonite
• Translator English - German: Ammoniten
• Translator English - Japanese: アンモナイト
• Translator English - Korean: 암모
• Translator English - Javanese: Ammonite
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đá hoa cúc
• Translator English - Tamil: அம்மோனைட்
• Translator English - Marathi: अम्मोनी
• Translator English - Turkish: ammonite
• Translator English - Italian: ammonite
• Translator English - Polish: amonit
• Translator English - Ukrainian: амоніт
• Translator English - Romanian: amonit
• Translator English - Greek: αμμωνίτη
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Ammoniet
• Translator English - Swedish: ammonit
• Translator English - Norwegian: ammonite

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMMONITE»

Discover the use of ammonite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ammonite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Ammonite

The James Tiptree Jr Award-winning novel. Change or die. These are the only options available on the planet Jeep. Centuries earlier, a deadly virus shattered the original colony, killing the men and forever altering the few surviving women.

Nicola Griffith, 2011

The Jurassic Ammonite Zones of the Soviet Union

Mikhail Semenovich Mesezhnikov, Gerd Ernst Gerold Westermann. SOVIET UNION Marine Sinemurian occurs mainly in northern Siberia, the Far East, and Northeast, as well as within the Mediterranean Geosynclinal Belt. On the Russian  ...

Mikhail Semenovich Mesezhnikov, Gerd Ernst Gerold Westermann, 1988

Sedimentary Environments Offshore Norway-Palaeozoic to Recent

Bivalve Bivalve Ammonite Ammonite Ammonite Ammonite Ammonite Ammonite Bivalve Bivalve Ammonite Bivalve Ammonite Ammonite Bivalve Bivalve Dinofiagellate Dinofiagellate Bivalve Foraminifer Ammonite Ammonite Bivalve Ammonite ...

O.J. Martinsen, T. Dreyer, 2001

Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway: An Epoch Tale of a Scientist ...

Probing for ammonite nodules in a field near Kremmling. these depressions are filled with water after a rainstorm, they. We stopped in Meeker for lunch and were attracted by a little log-cabin county museum. We spent a few minutes looking at  ...

Kirk Johnson, Kirk R. Johnson, 2007

Gondwana Six: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Paleontology

PROGRESSIVE ENDEMISM IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS AMMONITE FAMILY KOSSMATICERATIDAE AND THE BREAKUP OF GONDWANALAND Carlos E. Macellari Earth Sciences and Resources Institute, University of South Carolina ...

Garry D. McKenzie, 1987

The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in ...

Biblical sources presuppose that mlk or Milkom was the national Ammonite god ( 1 Kings 11:5, 33; Jen 49:1, 3; cf. 2 Sam. 12:30; 1 Chron. 20:2; Zeph. 1:5). Ammonite proper names show a preponderance of the theophoric element *V, 118 ...

Mark S. Smith, 2002

The Geologic Time Scale 2012 2-Volume Set

Cycle stratigraphy has provided constraints on the duration of suites of these M- sequence chrons and of several ammonite zones. In turn, these cycleduration segments, coupled with radio-isotopic dating of Chron M0r, enable assignment of  ...

F M Gradstein, J G Ogg, Mark Schmitz, 2012

The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of ...

Ammonite Personal Names in the Context of the West Semitic Onomasticon Kent P. Jackson Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Introduction Recent textual discoveries in Jordan have enabled scholars to identify the language of the ...

Carol L. Meyers, Michael Patrick O'Connor, 1983

The elements of materia medica and therapeutics

434 2. Aqua ammonise .... 437 1. Linimentum ammonite .. 445 2. Linimentum ammonite compositum . . . . 445 3. Unguentum ammonite .. . . 446 4. Tinctura ammonite composit a .. .. .. 446 5. Spiritus ammonite . . 446 30. Ammoniac carbonates .

Jonathan Pereira, 1854

Patterns of evolution, as illustrated by the fossil record

CHAPTER 8 AMMONITE EVOLUTION W.J. KENNEDY Introduction Ammonites, that is to say members of the predominantly Jurassic and Cretaceous cephalopod orders Phylloceratida, Lytoceratida and Ammonitida, are the group of fossil ...

A. Hallam, 1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMMONITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ammonite is used in the context of the following news items.

The big five extinctions

The delicate leafy sutures decorating this shell represent some advanced engineering, providing the fortification the squid-like ammonite ... «Cosmos, Jul 15»

Living with the King

Those special cameras were sourced from a company called Ammonite in the UK, which enabled filming in otherwise complete darkness. «The Statesman, Jul 15»

Fossil hunting and hiking

I have an ammonite that was cut in half so it sparkles on the inside. Uncle Fry gave them to me on my birthday three years ago. I have had them ... «Teton Valley News, Jul 15»

Spiritual Battles: Parshat Balak as a Model

"No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Hashem; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»

Field and Stream - Dorchester Rifle and Pistol Club welcomes …

Richard Burden presented Bayeux club president Jacques Lechevallier with an ammonite from the Jurassic Coast as a memento of the ... «Blackmore Vale Magazine, Jun 15»

Opalised fossil shows bite from Jurassic World beast; adds bite to …

This ammonite features bite marks from a Mosasaur, possibly a Tylosaurus. It was found in Canada. Holding it is education manager at the ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»

Professor laments heresy of 'white Christian theology' in Charleston …

To Thislethwaite, politicians protecting guns is the same as worshipping Moloch (or Molech), an Ammonite deity – sometimes worshipped ... «Christian Examiner, Jun 15»

Inside food writer Diana Henry's magical garden

The ammonite curve to the bench is crucial to that, it feels like it's hugging the kitchen. Despite its size, people walk in here and say, 'Wow, look ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

Beefs & Bouquets, June 18

BOUQUET To all the people on the trail who helped me get my dog home when he fell and couldn't walk at Ammonite Falls, especially Phil at ... «Nanaimo News Bulletin, Jun 15»

The books of Ruth and Samuel

It is the story of romance and redemption, because Jews were forbidden to marry Moabite or Ammonite women who, themselves, were ... «Bluffton Today, Jun 15»