OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 43729

ammonite

/ˈæ.məˌnaɪt/
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amonite
Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
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.
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 sh…
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