horn of ammon
1Horn [1] — Horn, der Auswuchs am Kopfe der Rinder, Ziegen etc., auch der Giraffe und des Rhinozeros; im weitern Sinn ähnliche Gebilde am Körper andrer Tiere, z. B. mancher Insekten. Echtes H. sind der solide Zapfen des Rhinozeros (Nashorns) und die hohlen… …
2horn — Any structure resembling a h. in shape. SYN: cornu (1). [A.S.] Ammon h. [TA] one of the two interlocking gyri composing the hippocampus, the other being the dentate gyrus. Based on cytoarchitectural features, Ammon h. can be divided into …
3Ammon's horn — Am·mon s horn (amґənz) [Ammon, a ram headed god of the Egyptians] hippocampus proprius …
4Ammon — Greek name of Egyptian god, Amun. See A. horn. Friedrich A. von, German ophthalmologist and pathologist, 1799–1861. See A. fissure, A. prominence. * * * ammonia …
5Ammon's horn — hippocampus proprius …
6layers of Ammon's horn — strata hippocampi …
7ammonite — ammonite1 ammonitic /am euh nit ik/, adj. ammonitoid /euh mon i toyd /, adj. /am euh nuyt /, n. the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid. [1700 10; < NL Ammonites < ML (cornu) Ammon(is) (lit., horn of AMMON) + ites ITE1; fossil so called …
8Ammonit — Am|mo|nit 〈m. 16〉 ausgestorbener Kopffüßer mit sehr großen Kalkschalen, als Versteinerung erhalten; Sy Ammonshorn (1) [nach den Widderhörnern des ägypt. Gottes Ammon] * * * Am|mo|nit [auch: … nɪt ], der; en, en [zu lat. cornu Ammonis = Horn des… …
9ammonia — [ə məʊnɪə] noun a colourless, intensely pungent gas which dissolves in water to give a strongly alkaline solution. [NH3.] ↘a solution of ammonia, used as a cleaning fluid. Derivatives ammoniacal adjective Word History The word ammonia was applied …
10ammonite — ► NOUN ▪ an extinct marine mollusc with a spiral shell, found as a fossil. ORIGIN from Latin cornu Ammonis horn of Ammon , from the fossil s resemblance to the ram s horn associated with the god Jupiter Ammon …
