Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hamite

Hamite (hā"mīt) , noun

[Latin hamus hook.]

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

Hamite (ham"īt) , noun

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