amonite
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French ammonite, from Latin Ammōnis cornū (literally “horn of Ammon”), named by Pliny the Elder.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.moˈni.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.moˈni.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.muˈni.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: a‧mo‧ni‧te
Noun
amonite f (plural amonites)
- (paleontology) ammonite (any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subfamily Ammonoidea)
Spanish
Noun
amonite m (plural amonites)
- (paleontology) ammonite (extinct cephalopod)