Hamites

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 Hamitidae – a paraphyletic grouping of Cretaceous heteromorph ammonites.

References

• Hamites (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Turrilitoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hamites on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hamites at Paleobiology Database

English

Noun

Hamites

1. plural of Hamite

Anagrams

• atheism, has time, meatish, theaism