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Meaning of HAMITE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
    
  2. \Ham"ite\, n.
    A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.
    
 
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