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

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

 

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Ham"ite (?), n.

A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.

 

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