HAMFATTER Ham"fat`ter, n. [From a negro minstrel song called "The ham-fat man.">[
Defn: A low-grade actor or performer. [Theatrical Slang]
HAMIFORM
Ha"mi*form, n. Etym: [L. hamus hook + -form.]
Defn: Hook-shaped.
HAMILTON PERIOD
Ham"il*ton pe"ri*od. (Geol.)
Defn: A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; — so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology.
HAMINURA
Ham`i*nu"ra, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large edible river fish (Erythrinus macrodon) of Guiana.
HAMITE
Ha"mite, n.Etym: [L. hamus hook.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.