Ammonite (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
noun
  1. a nitrogenous mixture consisting chiefly of dried animal fats, usually obtained from livestock carcasses, and used as a fertilizer.
noun
  1. an inhabitant of Ammon.
adjective
  1. of or relating to the Ammonites.
noun
  1. 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
  2. the shell of any of these animals, commonly occurring as a fossil
noun
  1. an explosive consisting mainly of ammonium nitrate with smaller amounts of other substances, such as TNT
  2. a nitrogenous fertilizer made from animal wastes
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