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cretaceous | hamites |

As an adjective cretaceous

is of or relating to chalk.

As a noun hamites is

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As a proper noun hamites is

a group of heteromorph ammonites of the turrilitaceae superfamily, alive during the cretaceous.

cretaceous

English

(wikipedia Cretaceous)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (geology) The geologic period within the Mesozoic era that comprises lower and upper epochs from about 146 to 65 million years ago
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    • As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

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    hamites

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    (Hamites) Latin hamites'' "with a hook", from ''h?mus'' "hook" plus ''-ites . Named by James Parkinson in Organic Remains of the Former World (1811), after the hook-like shape of the fossils.

    Proper noun

    (Hamitae)
  • a group of heteromorph ammonites of the Turrilitaceae superfamily, alive during the Cretaceous