cricetid

cricetid
/kruy see"tid, -set"id, kri-/, n. Zool.
any of a diverse group of scampering, digging, or jumping rodents of the family Cricetidae, including the gerbils, hamsters, field mice, deer mice, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and several wood and field rats.
[1955-60; < NL Cricetidae, equiv. to Cricet(us) a genus, including the common hamster (ML: hamster, perh. < Czech krecek) + -idae -ID2]

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