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AMMONOID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ammonoid mean?
• AMMONOID (noun)
The noun AMMONOID has 1 sense:
1. one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Familiarity information: AMMONOID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
ammonite; ammonoid
Hypernyms ("ammonoid" is a kind of...):
fossil (the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil)
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