Arietites

Translingual

Etymology

Latin ariēs (“ram, male sheep”) +‎ -ites m, upon the ammonites' resemblance to rams' horns.

Proper noun

†Arietites m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arietitidae – certain ammonites.

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