Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Ammonites

(3 syl.).

Fossil molluscs allied to the nautilus and cuttlefish. So called because they resemble the horn upon the ancient statues of Jupiter Ammon. (See above.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Amon's Son
Ammonian Horn
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