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.
turrilitaceae
Not English
Turrilitaceae has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
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