- genus Cricetus
- nountype genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters• Syn: ↑Cricetus• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae• Member Meronyms: ↑hamster
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genus Cricetus
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Cricetus — noun type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters • Syn: ↑genus Cricetus • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cricetidae, ↑family Cricetidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cricetus — One of four genera of hamsters; C. c. is used extensively as a research animal. * * * Cri·ce·tus sēt əs, set n the type genus of Cricetidae that includes the common hamster (C. cricetus) of Europe and Russia and in some classifications the golden … Medical dictionary
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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