hamster
IPA: hˈæmstɝ
noun
- 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).
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To secrete or store privately, as a hamster does with food in its cheek pouches.
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Examples of "hamster" in Sentences
- Evan manages to lose the hamster.
- He is a very intelligent hamster.
- But in a car that runs on a hamster.
- A dog, hamster and chicken, respectively.
- Johnny thinks that the dinosaur is a hamster.
- The Common Hamster is a nocturnal or crepuscular species.
- The dissentient was that the class pet was going to be a hamster.
- But by far the greatest use of hamsters is in biomedical research.
- These pouched rats are named for having cheek pouches much like a hamster.
- In the wild Roborovski hamsters are crepuscular, most active at dawn and dusk.