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cri·ce·tid (kr

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n.

Any of various small rodents of the family Cricetidae, which includes muskrats and gerbils.

[From New Latin Cricetidae, family name, from Cricetus, hamster genus, from Medieval Latin cricetus, hamster, perhaps from Old Czech keek, diminutive of ke, of imitative origin.]

cri·cetid adj.

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