hamster

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	gnawer, rodent,
definition	:	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cricetus cricetus, eurasian hamster,
definition	:	a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	golden hamster, mesocricetus auratus, syrian hamster,
definition	:	small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	cricetus, genus cricetus,
definition	:	type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters (noun.animal)