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MESOCRICETUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Golden hamsters

Synonyms:

genus Mesocricetus; Mesocricetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Mesocricetus"):

golden hamster; Mesocricetus auratus; Syrian hamster (small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet)

Holonyms ("Mesocricetus" 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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