Hamites

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Translingual

Etymology

From Latin hāmitēs (hooked), from hāmus (hook) + -ites. Named by James Parkinson in Organic Remains of the Former World (1811), after the hook-like shape of the fossils.

Proper noun

Hamites m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template. – a paraphyletic grouping of Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites.

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English

Noun

Hamites

  1. plural of Hamite

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