Syrian hamster
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Syrian hamster
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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On her website, she describes Cow, a short-haired Syrian hamster, as curious and needing a large enclosure.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2021
De Lorme, K., Bell, M. R. & Sisk, C. L. The teenage brain: social reorientation and the adolescent brain—the role of gonadal hormones in the male Syrian hamster.
From Nature • Feb. 20, 2018
Dr. Heiser relates that a doctor from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem discovered that the Syrian hamster, a type of rodent, could, by inoculation, be made to support the growth of lepra bacilli.
From Time Magazine Archive
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