What is an ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake. SNAKE'S-TONGUE Snake's-tongue`, n. (Bot.) Same as Adder's-tongue called?
snakestone — (Paleon.) An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake. SNAKE'S-TONGUE Snake's-tongue`, n. (Bot.) Same as Adder's-tongue. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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