Hamites Definition

noun

Plural form of Hamite.

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pronoun

A group of heteromorph ammonites of the Turrilitaceae superfamily, alive during the Cretaceous.

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Origin of Hamites

  • Latin hamites "with a hook", from hāmus "hook" plus -ites. Named by James Parkinson in Organic Remains of the Former World (1811), after the hook-like shape of the fossils.

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