"Snakestone" is a word in ENGLISH

snakestone ENGLISH
Definition:

An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which
resembles that of a coiled snake.

snakestone ENGLISH
Definition:

A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

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ammonite ENGLISH

A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical …

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Containing fossil ammonites.

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ammonitoidea ENGLISH

An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

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anaptychus ENGLISH

One of a pair of shelly plates found in some cephalopods, as the ammonites.

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aptychus ENGLISH

A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.

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baculite ENGLISH

A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.

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cornu ammonis ENGLISH

A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.

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goniatite ENGLISH

One of an extinct genus of fossil cephalopods, allied to the Ammonites. The earliest forms are found in the Devonian …

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hamite ENGLISH

A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike …

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lituite ENGLISH

Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.

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molech ENGLISH

The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch.

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moloch ENGLISH

The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.

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prosiphon ENGLISH

A minute tube found in the protoconch of ammonites, and not connected with the true siphon.

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protoconch ENGLISH

The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.

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scaphite ENGLISH

Any fossil cephalopod shell of the genus Scaphites, belonging to the Ammonite family and having a chambered boat-shaped shell. Scaphites …

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An order of Cephalopoda having four gills. Among living species it includes only the pearly nautilus. Numerous genera and species …

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turrilite ENGLISH

Any fossil ammonite of the genus Turrilites. The shell forms an open spiral with the later whorls separate.

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