ammonoidean

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adjective

Of or pertaining to ammonoids.

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Meanings

adjectiveammonoidean (comparative more ammonoidean, superlative most ammonoidean)

comparative more ammonoidean · superlative most ammonoidean

  1. Of or pertaining to ammonoids.

    Scientific naming conventions are such that technically, ammonites are ammonoidean, ammonitidan, and sometimes strictly ammonitinan cephalopods.

    2017 June 14, Mark Carnall, “The ancient mystery of St Hilda's 'snake stones': what do ammonites really look like?”, in The Guardian

Origin

From ammonoid + -ean.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

demonomania
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APA

ammonoidean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonoidean

MLA

“ammonoidean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonoidean. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ammonoidean,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ammonoidean.

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