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Ammonite Pronunciation
Ammonite is pronounced A-muh-nyt, IPA /ˈæməˌnaɪt/.
A-muh-nyt
US /ˈæməˌnaɪt/ · UK /ˈæməˌnaɪt/
Syllables: A · muh · nyt (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The coiled fossil shell of an extinct marine mollusc.
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Ammonite in a Sentence
- She found an ammonite in the cliff below Lyme Regis.
- A polished ammonite sits on the windowsill.
- Ammonite shells grew in a flat spiral rather than a cone.
Common Mispronunciations of Ammonite
Not uh-MOH-nyt
A is the loud beat, which separates the fossil from ammonia, where the middle beat takes over. The two words share a root in the god Ammon.
Not A-muh-nit
The ite ending runs to its full length, the eye of night. Mineral names ending in ite behave the same way, as graphite and pyrite do.
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