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cricetid

[ krahy-see-tid, -set-id, kri- ]

noun

, Zoology.
  1. any 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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cricetid1

1955–60; < New Latin Cricetidae, equivalent to Cricet ( us ) a genus, including the common hamster ( Medieval Latin: hamster, perhaps < Czech křeček ) + -idae -id 2

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