GENUS MESOCRICETUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mesocricetus mean? 

• GENUS MESOCRICETUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MESOCRICETUS has 1 sense:

1. golden hamsters

  Familiarity information: GENUS MESOCRICETUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MESOCRICETUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Golden hamsters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mesocricetus; Mesocricetus

Hypernyms ("genus Mesocricetus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Mesocricetus"):

golden hamster; Mesocricetus auratus; Syrian hamster (small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet)

Holonyms ("genus Mesocricetus" is a member of...):

Cricetidae; family Cricetidae (mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters)