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ammonitidan

ammonitidan adjective: of or pertaining to ammonites.

Adjective

ammonitidan (comparative more ammonitidan, superlative most ammonitidan)

  1. Of or pertaining to ammonites.
    • Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian

Forms of ammonitidan

comparativemore ammonitidan
superlativemost ammonitidan

Origin of ammonitidan

From taxonomic name Ammonitida + -an.

Questions about ammonitidan

What does ammonitidan mean?
Ammonitidan means of or pertaining to ammonites.
What part of speech is ammonitidan?
Ammonitidan is an adjective.

Words near ammonitidan in the dictionary

  1. ammonites
  2. Ammonitess
  3. Ammonitesses
  4. ammonitic
  5. ammonitid
  6. ammonitidan
  7. ammonitids
  8. ammonitiferous
  9. ammonitinan
  10. Ammonitish
  11. ammonitological

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