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Ammonite Common

Ammonite has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

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Noun
1

one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks

2

Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.

3

An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.

4

A native or inhabitant of Ammon.

Adjective
1

Of or pertaining to the Ammonites.

Proper Noun
1

The extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people who used to live in modern-day northwest Jordan, and after whom its capital Amman is named. Extinct since 5th century BCE.

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