hamster

Definition

Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hamster (see for etymology). Displaced earlier term German rat.

Example Sentences

• "The hamster stuffed his puffy cheeks with food."
• "Since the pregnancy interceptive agents or the menses regulators may also influence the development of either trophoblasts or the maternal cells (epithelial and stromal) at the embryo attachment site, another in vitro assay method using using trophoblast cells of hamster and mouse isolated from a preplacental organelle, the ectoplacental cone, has been developed."

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