hamster
noun
any of several short-tailed, stout-bodied, burrowing rodents, as Cricetus cricetus, of Europe and Asia, having large cheek pouches.
hamsters
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pluralof hamster.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Other advice included moving rabbit and guinea pig pens to shaded areas and ensure indoor enclosures for pets like hamsters were not in direct sunlight.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
In a study, the antibody protected hamsters from the Andes strain—the one in the current outbreak that is able to spread between humans—according to study results published in Science Translational Medicine in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Formal science is not invested in the inner life of the pet crab the way it is with dogs, or even hamsters.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
It was 2016, and we were not as on that Netflix kind of drip of just sitting like hamsters hitting the dopamine button.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
So the pet parade turned into a stampede of dogs and cats and turtles and hamsters and guinea pigs.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
