Category:Hamite

Ha"mite, n.Etym: [L. hamus hook.] (Paleon.)

Defn: A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.

hamite Ham"ite, n.

Defn: A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Genesis 10:6-20.