[namishumokuzame ; sumo-ruai . hanma-heddo ; sumo-ruaihanma-heddo] (n) smalleye hammerhead (Sphyrna tudes, species of hammerhead shark common in the western Atlantic)
a. [ Written also Omish. ] (Eccl. Hist.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the followers of Jacob Amman, a strict Mennonite of the 17th century, who even proscribed the use of buttons and shaving as “worldly conformity”. There are several branches of Amish Mennonites in the United States. A branch having particularly strict adherence to the Amish principles are called Old Order Amish [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]