What does Hamster mean?

Definitions for Hamster
ˈhæm stərham·ster

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hamsternoun

    short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches

GCIDE

  1. Hamsternoun

    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. Hamsters are commonly kept as a pets.

Wiktionary

  1. hamsternoun

    A small, short-tailed Euroasian rodent, Cricetus frumentarius, often kept as a pet. It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.

    It is the cutest sight to see a hamster stuff his puffy cheeks with food; where is it going to store it?

  2. hamsternoun

    Any of various Old-world rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

Wikipedia

  1. Hamster

    Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera. They have become established as popular small pets. The best-known species of hamster is the golden or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), which is the type most commonly kept as pets. Other hamster species commonly kept as pets are the three species of dwarf hamster, Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli), the winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus) and the Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii). Hamsters are more crepuscular than nocturnal and, in the wild, remain underground during the day to avoid being caught by predators. They feed primarily on seeds, fruits, and vegetation, and will occasionally eat burrowing insects. Physically, they are stout-bodied with distinguishing features that include elongated cheek pouches extending to their shoulders, which they use to carry food back to their burrows, as well as a short tail and fur-covered feet.

ChatGPT

  1. hamster

    A hamster is a small rodent that belongs to the Cricetinae subfamily. They are commonly kept as household pets due to their small size, little maintenance needs, and docile nature. Hamsters have stout bodies, with tails shorter than their body length, and have small furry ears, short legs, and wide feet. They are also known for their cheek pouches, which they use to store food. Many different breeds exist with variations in size and color.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hamsternoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [G. hamster.]

Wikidata

  1. Hamster

    Hamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 25 species, classified in six or seven genera. Hamsters are crepuscular and remain underground during the day to avoid being caught by predators. In the wild, they feed primarily on seeds, fruits, and vegetation, and will occasionally eat burrowing insects. They have elongated cheek pouchs extending to their shoulders in which they carry food back to their burrows. Hamster behavior varies depending on their environment, genetics, and interaction with people. Because they are easy to breed in captivity, hamsters are often used as laboratory animals. Hamsters have also become established as popular small house pets, and are sometimes accepted even in areas where other rodents are disliked, and their typically solitary nature can reduce the risk of excessive litters developing in households.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Hamster

    ham′stėr, n. a genus of rodent mammals of the family Muridæ, having cheek-pouches reaching back almost to the shoulders. [Ger.]

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.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hamster in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Hamster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Hamster in a Sentence

  1. Chris Summers:

    It was just bizarre, he was very, very matter-of-fact. He could have been talking about burying a dead hamster.

  2. Monica Gandhi:

    I don't think we're going to actually get to that value. We can in animals -- there's been a ferret model and there's been a hamster model -- now two animal models where the more you give them the more sick those animals get and that is helpful, and it may give us a sense. But we won't know with humans, unfortunately, how much it takes.

  3. Alex Murdaugh:

    Prosecutor Creighton Waters’s not what these( financial) records reflect. They reflect an insatiable desire for money and a hamster wheel that’s going on for a long time.

  4. Yuen Kwok-yung:

    In our hamster experiment, it shows very clearly that if infected hamsters or humans -- especially asymptomatic or symptomatic ones -- put on masks, they actually protect other people, thats the strongest result we showed here. Transmission can be reduced by 50 percentwhen surgical masks are used, especially when masks are worn by infected individuals.

  5. Ateev Mehrotra:

    It's a hamster wheel environment.

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