GENUS MESOCRICETUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Golden hamsters

Synonyms:

genus Mesocricetus; Mesocricetus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)