hampster

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US/ˈhæmp.stɚ/

A form of hamster — Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.

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Meanings

nounhampster (plural hampsters)

plural hampsters

  1. misspellingMisspelling of hamster.

    The rabbit forms its warren, and the beaver its well-known habitation. The hampster (Fig. 101), a small rodent analogous to the rat, met with in the plains, from Alsace to Siberia, and which is so injurious to agriculture, constructs a dwelling with two issues or exits […]

    1856, Henri Milne-Edwards, Robert Knox, A Manual of Zoology, page 157
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