ammonite
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ammonite — [ amɔnit ] n. f. • 1752; en lat. zool. 1732; du lat. Ammonis cornu « corne d Ammon », dieu égypt. représenté sous la forme d un bélier ♦ Paléont. Mollusque céphalopode fossile, à coquille enroulée, très abondant dans les terrains secondaires. ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Ammonite — ist: der Name eines Flusses im US Bundesstaat Alaska (Matanuska Susitna), siehe Ammonite Creek die englische Bezeichnung für Ammoniten Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ammonite — Am mon*ite, n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. ? 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ammonite — Ammonite, Singular Ammonit der, s, pulverförmige Gesteinssprengstoffe aus Ammoniumnitrat und aromatischen Nitroverbindungen (z. B. Nitrotoluole); auch als PA Sprengstoffe bezeichnet … Universal-Lexikon
ammonite — (n.) cephalopod mollusk, 1758, from French (Breyn, 1732), better established [Century Dictionary] by French zoologist Jean Guillaume Bruguière (c.1750 1798) in 1789, from M.L. (cornu) Ammonis horn of Ammon, the Egyptian god of life and… … Etymology dictionary
ammonite — ► NOUN ▪ an extinct marine mollusc with a spiral shell, found as a fossil. ORIGIN from Latin cornu Ammonis horn of Ammon , from the fossil s resemblance to the ram s horn associated with the god Jupiter Ammon … English terms dictionary
ammonite — [am′ə nīt΄] n. [ModL ammonites < L ( cornu) Ammonis, (horn) of Ammon < Jupiter AMMON1, whose statues were represented with ram s horns] any of the flat, usually coiled fossil shells of an extinct order (Ammonoidea) of cephalopod mollusks… … English World dictionary
Ammonite — For other uses, see Ammonite (disambiguation). Ammonites Temporal range: 400–65.5 Ma … Wikipedia
Ammonite — Ammonoidea Ammonoidea … Wikipédia en Français
ammonite — ammonite1 ammonitic /am euh nit ik/, adj. ammonitoid /euh mon i toyd /, adj. /am euh nuyt /, n. the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid. [1700 10; < NL Ammonites < ML (cornu) Ammon(is) (lit., horn of AMMON) + ites ITE1; fossil so called … Universalium
