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ammonoid

/ˈæm.ə.nɔɪd/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa una de las conchas fósiles espirales y tabicadas de moluscos marinos extintos, frecuentes en rocas sedimentarias, así como al propio animal que las habitaba.

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noun

C2formalcommonscientific/ˈæm.ə.nɔɪd/

A noun referring to one of the coiled, chambered fossil shells of extinct marine mollusks, often found in sedimentary rock.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa una de las conchas fósiles espirales y tabicadas de moluscos marinos extintos, frecuentes en rocas sedimentarias, así como al propio animal que las habitaba.
  1. Extinct marine mollusk C1 formal scientific

    An extinct group of marine mollusks with a coiled, chambered shell, related to modern squid and octopuses.

    • The fossil collector found a perfectly preserved ammonoid in the limestone quarry.
    • Ammonoids are important index fossils for dating rock layers.
    • The spiral shape of the ammonoid shell is a classic example of logarithmic growth.

    🇪🇸Amonites

    Sinónimos: ammonite

  • ammonoids plural form
  • ammonoids' possessive plural form
  • ammonoid's possessive singular form