- genus Mesocricetus
- noungolden hamsters• Syn: ↑Mesocricetus• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae• Member Meronyms: ↑golden hamster, ↑Syrian hamster, ↑Mesocricetus auratus
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genus Mesocricetus
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Mesocricetus — Temporal range: Early Pliocene Recent Mesocricetus auratus Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Mesocricetus — noun golden hamsters • Syn: ↑genus Mesocricetus • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mesocricetus auratus — noun small light colored hamster often kept as a pet • Syn: ↑golden hamster, ↑Syrian hamster • Hypernyms: ↑hamster • Member Holonyms: ↑Mesocricetus, ↑genus Mesocricetus … Useful english dictionary
Mesocricetus — Meso·cri·ce·tus (mes″o kri seґtəs) a genus of rodents of the family Muridae, one of several genera of hamsters. M. auraґtus is the Syrian or golden hamster … Medical dictionary
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Hamster — Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Recent Golden Hamster Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
List of rodents — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… … Wikipedia
Golden hamster — Conservation status Vulnerable ( … Wikipedia
List of mammals in Syria — This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Syria. There are 71 mammal species in Syria, of which 1 is critically endangered, 3 are endangered, 6 are vulnerable, and 3 are near threatened.1 of the species listed for Syria can no longer be… … Wikipedia
hamster — /ham steuhr/, n. any of several short tailed, stout bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches. [1600 10; < G; cf. OHG hamastro, OS hamstra weevil] * * * Any of various stout Old World rodents… … Universalium
