AMMONITE

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Meaning:

One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks

Synonyms:

ammonite; ammonoid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ammonite" is a kind of...):

fossil (the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil)

Derivation:

ammonitic (of or related to an order of fossil cephalopods)