ammonite

See also: Ammonite

English

An ammonite (2)

Etymology

From French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) "horn of Ammon", as it was called by Pliny the Elder (Ammon +‎ -ite).

Noun

ammonite (plural ammonites)

  1. An explosive prepared from ammonium nitrate; amatol
  2. Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal

Synonyms

Translations

French

Noun

ammonite f (plural ammonites)

  1. ammonite

Italian

Noun

ammonite m (plural ammoniti)

  1. ammonite (extinct cephalopod)

Verb

ammonite

  1. second-person plural present indicative of ammonire
  2. second-person plural imperative of ammonire
  3. feminine plural of ammonito

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

ammonite

  1. vocative masculine singular of ammonitus
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