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Definitions
one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Word origin
From French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis (cornū) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder in reference to coiling ram horns used to symbolise the Egyptian god Amun. Equivalent to Ammon + -ite.
Used in a sentence
“There's more interest to my mind in a neolithic scraper than in a whole show-case-full of ammonites and belemnites.”
“Ammonites floated through the world's shallow oceans for more than three hundred million years, and their fossilized shells turn up all around the world.”
“There are a few well known shelled giant cephalopods from the fossil record. Some of the largest recorded ammonites are in the genus Parapuzosia, fossils of which reach up to 2m in diameter.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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