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CRICETUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters

Synonyms:

Cricetus; genus Cricetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cricetus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Cricetus"):

hamster (short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches)

Holonyms ("Cricetus" is a member of...):

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)

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