cricetus cricetus

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   a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia

   SynonymsEurasian hamster

   Broaderhamster

Questions about cricetus cricetus

What does cricetus cricetus mean?

cricetus cricetus means "a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia".

What is another word for cricetus cricetus?

Close synonyms include Eurasian hamster. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cricetus cricetus a common word?

cricetus cricetus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.