SYRIAN HAMSTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Syrian hamster mean? 

• SYRIAN HAMSTER (noun)
  The noun SYRIAN HAMSTER has 1 sense:

1. small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet

  Familiarity information: SYRIAN HAMSTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYRIAN HAMSTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

golden hamster; Mesocricetus auratus; Syrian hamster

Hypernyms ("Syrian hamster" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Syrian hamster" is a member of...):

genus Mesocricetus; Mesocricetus (golden hamsters)

 Context examples 

Derived from a cross between a Chinese hamster and a Syrian hamster, with a golden-colored coat.

(Chinese Syrian Gold Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from a cross between a Chinese hamster and Syrian hamster.

(Chinese Syrian Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)

Derived from the original group of Syrian hamsters captured by Dr. Israel Aharoni in 1930 and imported into the United States in 1938, followed by colony derivation at Lakeview in 1949 and 1951 and to Charles River in 1969, where the strain is propagated today.

(LVG Hamster, NCI Thesaurus)