genus Mesocricetus

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1.genus Mesocricetus - golden hamsters Mesocricetusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsCricetidae, family Cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamstersgolden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, Syrian hamster - small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet