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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small rodents of the family Cricetidae, which includes muskrats and gerbils.
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- noun zoology Any member of the
Cricetidae , afamily ofrodents .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Cricetidae, family name, from Cricetus, hamster genus, from Medieval Latin cricetus, hamster, perhaps from Old Czech křeček, diminutive of křeč, of imitative origin.]
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