different between ammonite vs aptychus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm?na?t/

Etymology 1

From French ammonite, from Latin Amm?nis (corn?) (“horn of Ammon”), as it was called by Pliny the Elder. Equivalent to Ammon +? -ite.

Noun

ammonite (plural ammonites)

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

   Synonyms: ammonid, ammonoid

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Etymology 2

From ammonium nitrate.

Noun

ammonite (uncountable)

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

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Further reading

• “ammonite” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

French

Noun

ammonite f (plural ammonites)

1. ammonite

Italian

Noun

ammonite m (plural ammoniti)

1. ammonite (extinct cephalopod)
2. ammonite(most rare mineral)
3. Synonym of ammolite

Verb

ammonite

1. second-person plural present indicative of ammonire
2. second-person plural imperative of ammonire
3. feminine plural of ammonito

Anagrams

• menomati, mentiamo, mitomane

Latin

Participle

ammonite

1. vocative masculine singular of ammonitus

English

Etymology

Modern Latin, from a- + Ancient Greek ????? (ptukh?, “fold, layer”).

Noun

aptychus (plural aptychi)

1. (paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.

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• anaptychus