HAMSTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does hamster mean? • HAMSTER (noun)
The noun HAMSTER has 1 sense:
1. short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
Familiarity information: HAMSTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HAMSTER (noun)
Meaning:
Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("hamster" is a kind of...):
gnawer; gnawing animal; rodent (relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hamster"):
Cricetus cricetus; Eurasian hamster (a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia)
golden hamster; Mesocricetus auratus; Syrian hamster (small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet)
Holonyms ("hamster" is a member of...):
Cricetus; genus Cricetus (type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters)
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