Definition of ammonite
(Entry 1 of 2)
: any of a subclass (Ammonoidea) of extinct cephalopods especially abundant in the Mesozoic age that had flat spiral shells with the interior divided by septa into chambers
Ammonite
noun (2)Definition of Ammonite (Entry 2 of 2)
: a member of a Semitic people who in Old Testament times lived east of the Jordan between the Jabbok and the Arnon
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The first known use of ammonite was in 1530
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