hamster

IPA: hˈæmstɝ

Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
especially of species Mesocricetus auratus (the golden hamster) and species of genus Phodopus (dwarf hamsters), often kept as a pet or used in scientific research.
Other rodents of similar appearance, such as the maned hamster or crested hamster, Lophiomys imhausi, mouse-like hamsters of genus Calomyscus, and the white-tailed rat (Mystromys albicaudatus).

(transitive, intransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.

Examples of "hamster" in Sentences

The case of the Syrian hamster is more complicated.
That hamster is obsessed with danger a wee bit too much.
Instead, the hamster is now in the snake's cage, as you'll see if you click on the link.
Uranyl acetate induces hprt mutations and uranium-DNA adducts in Chinese hamster ovaries.
Kedinger C, Simard R (1974) The alpha-amanitin on RNA synthesis in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
The interaction between citalopram and Kv1. 5 expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells was studied using the whole-cell patch-clamp technique.
In the opposite corner, another hamster is backed up against the glass, feet kicking as he searches for an escape that Hamster already knows will not come.
We have shown previously that AT1 receptor (AT1R) stimulation leads to diacylglycerol lipase-mediated transactivation of co-expressed CB1Rs in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Reynolds JE, Yang T, Qian L, Jenkinson JD, Zhou P, et al. (1994) Mcl-1, a member of the Bcl-2 family, delays apoptosis induced by c-Myc overexpression in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Montelukast demonstrated no evidence of mutagenic or clastogenic activity in the following assays: the microbial mutagenesis assay, the V-79 mammalian cell mutagenesis assay, the alkaline elution assay in rat hepatocytes, the chromosomal aberration assay in Chinese hamster ovary cells, and in the in vivo mouse bone marrow chromosomal aberration assay.