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ammonoidean

ammonoidean adjective: of or pertaining to ammonoids.

Adjective

ammonoidean (comparative more ammonoidean, superlative most ammonoidean)

  1. Of or pertaining to ammonoids.
    • 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 ammonoidean

comparativemore ammonoidean
superlativemost ammonoidean

Origin of ammonoidean

From ammonoid + -ean.

Questions about ammonoidean

What does ammonoidean mean?
Ammonoidean means of or pertaining to ammonoids.
What part of speech is ammonoidean?
Ammonoidean is an adjective.

Words near ammonoidean in the dictionary

  1. ammonization
  2. ammonize
  3. ammonized
  4. ammono
  5. ammonoid
  6. ammonoidean
  7. ammonoids
  8. ammonolyses
  9. ammonolysis
  10. ammonolyze
  11. ammonolyzed

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