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noun Zoology.
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.
Origin:
1955–60; < Neo-Latin Cricetidae, equivalent to Cricet(us) a genus, including the common hamster (Medieval Latin: hamster, perhaps < Czech křeček) + -idae -id2
1955–60; < Neo-Latin Cricetidae, equivalent to Cricet(us) a genus, including the common hamster (Medieval Latin: hamster, perhaps < Czech křeček) + -idae -id2
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Cricetid
is always a great word to know.
So is annelida. Does it mean:
| major grouping of small-to-microscopic pseudocoelomate organisms |
| phylum comprised of annelids |
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