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Cri·ce·tus -'sēt-əs, -'set- n the type genus of Cricetidae that includes the common hamster (C. cricetus) of Europe and Russia and in some classifications the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus syn. C. cricetus) and related forms
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Cri·ce·tus (kri-seґtəs) a genus of rodents of the family Muridae, one of several genera of hamsters. C. criceґtus is the European hamster.Medical dictionary. 2011.