ALL meanings of ammonite
am·mo·nite
A a - noun ammonite any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus 3
- noun ammonite the shell of any of these animals, commonly occurring as a fossil 3
- noun ammonite an explosive consisting mainly of ammonium nitrate with smaller amounts of other substances, such as TNT 3
- noun ammonite a nitrogenous fertilizer made from animal wastes 3
- noun ammonite any of the flat, usually coiled fossil shells of an extinct order (Ammonoidea) of cephalopod mollusks dominant in the Mesozoic era 3
- noun ammonite An explosive prepared from ammonium nitrate; amatol. 1
- noun ammonite an inhabitant of Ammon. 1
- adjective ammonite of or relating to the Ammonites. 1
- noun ammonite Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal. 0