noun
small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet
• Syn: ↑golden hamster, ↑Mesocricetus auratus
• Hypernyms: ↑hamster
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mesocricetus, ↑genus Mesocricetus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized S
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Syrian hamster,
= golden hamster. (Cf. ↑golden hamster)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.