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ammonites

ammonites is the plural of ammonite.

Meaning of ammonite

Noun (1)

ammonite (plural ammonites)

  1. Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
    • There's more interest to my mind in a neolithic scraper than in a whole show-case-full of ammonites and belemnites.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
    Synonyms:
    ammonid, ammonoid

Noun (2)

ammonite (uncountable)

  1. An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.

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Noun capitalized: Ammonites

Ammonites

  1. (plural) plural of Ammonite

Questions about ammonites

What is ammonites the plural of?
Ammonites is the plural of ammonite.
What part of speech is ammonites?
Ammonites is a noun.

Words near ammonites in the dictionary

  1. ammoniotelic
  2. ammonisation
  3. ammonite
  4. ammonitella
  5. ammonitellas
  6. ammonites
  7. Ammonitess
  8. Ammonitesses
  9. ammonitic
  10. ammonitid
  11. ammonitidan

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