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AMMONOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Synonyms:
ammonite; ammonoid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("ammonoid" 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)