cricetid

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krī sē′tid, -set′id, kri-)


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cri•ce•tid  (krī sē′tid, -set′id, kri-),USA pronunciation n. [Zool.]
  1. Zoology, Mammalsany of a diverse group of scampering, digging, or jumping rodents of the family Cricetidae, including the gerbils, hamsters, field mice, deer mice, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and several wood and field rats.
  • Czech křeček) + -idae -id2
  • Neo-Latin Cricetidae, equivalent. to Cricet(us) a genus, including the common hamster (Medieval Latin: hamster, perh.
  • 1955–60


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