Ammonites floated through the world's shallow oceans for more than three hundred million years, and their fossilized shells turn up all around the world.
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Ammonite
//ˈæ.məˌnaɪt//
Synonyms for "ammonite" (8 found)
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33 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- ammonit noun (cephalopod)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 菊石 noun (cephalopod)
Coptic
1 entries- ϩⲁⲙⲙⲱⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ noun (native or inhabitant of Ammon)
Finnish
2 entries- ammoniitti noun (cephalopod)
- ammoniitti noun (explosive)
French
1 entries- ammonite noun (cephalopod)
German
1 entries- Ammonit noun (cephalopod)
Greek
1 entries- αμμωνίτης noun (cephalopod)
Hungarian
3 entries- ammonita noun (native or inhabitant of Ammon)
- ammonitesz noun (cephalopod)
- ammóni noun (native or inhabitant of Ammon)
Ido
1 entries- amonito noun (cephalopod)
Indonesian
1 entries- amonit noun (explosive)
Irish
2 entries- amainít noun (cephalopod)
- amóinít noun (explosive)
Italian
1 entries- ammonite noun (cephalopod)
Japanese
1 entries- アンモナイト noun (cephalopod)
Korean
1 entries- 암모나이트 noun (cephalopod)
Latin
1 entries- ammōnītēs noun (cephalopod)
Polish
4 entries- język ammonicki name (extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people)
- Ammonita noun (native or inhabitant of Ammon)
- Ammonitka noun (native or inhabitant of Ammon)
- amonit noun (cephalopod)
Portuguese
4 entries- amonita name (extinct Canaanite language of the Ammonite people)
- amonita noun (explosive)
- amonita noun (native or inhabitant of Ammon)
- amonite noun (cephalopod)
Russian
2 entries- аммони́т noun (cephalopod)
- аммони́т noun (explosive)
Spanish
1 entries- amonite noun (cephalopod)
Turkish
1 entries- ammonit noun (cephalopod)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cúc đá noun (cephalopod)
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Visit the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in the UK, and ammonite road signs greet you at every town and city and even the lampposts on the seafront feature a familiar coiled shell.
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There are a few well known shelled giant cephalopods from the fossil record. Some of the largest recorded ammonites are in the genus Parapuzosia, fossils of which reach up to 2m in diameter.
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