Definitions of hamster [ˈhæm stər]

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Definition of 'hamster'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hamster
any of several short-tailed, burrowing rodents of the family Cricetidae, of Eurasia, with large cheek pouches.

Etymology: (1600–10; < G; cf. OHG hamastro, OS hamstra weevil)

Definition of 'hamster'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hamster
short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches

Definition of 'hamster'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hamster
a small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations

Definitions of 'hamster'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. hamster
1. [Fairchild] A particularly slick little piece of code that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The image is of a hamster happily spinning its exercise wheel.

2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable.

3. [UK] Any item of hardware made by Amstrad, a company famous for its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles.

Translation of 'hamster'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small animal, rather like a fat rat without a tail, often kept as a pet.
Afrikaans: hamster	Arabic: حيوان قارض يُشْبِه الجِرْ	Bulgarian: хамстер
Brazilian: hamster	Czech: křeček	German: der Hamster
Danish: hamster	Greek: χάμστερ	Spanish: hámster
Estonian: hamster	Farsi: نوعی موش صحرایی	Finnish: hamsteri
French: hamster	Hebrew: אוֹגֶר	Hindi: बड़े चूहे जैसा पालतू जानव
Croatian: hrcak	Hungarian: hörcsög	Indonesian: marmot
Icelandic: hamstur	Italian: criceto	Japanese: ハムスター
Korean: 햄스터	Lithuanian: žiurkėnas	Latvian: kāmis
Malay: hamster	Dutch: hamster	Norwegian: hamster
Polish: chomik	Persian: نوعی موش صحرایی	Pashto: یوه دوله صحرای موږک ده
Portuguese: hamster	Romanian: hamster	Russian: хомяк
Slovak: škrečok	Slovenian: hrček	Serbian: hrčak
Swedish: hamster	Thai: สัตว์คล้ายหนูชนิดหนึ่ง ใน	Turkish: hamster, cırlak sıçan
Taiwanese: 倉鼠	Ukrainian: хом'як	Urdu: پھولے کلوں اور چھوٹی دم و
Vietnamese: chuột hang	Chinese: 仓鼠
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