hamster

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hamster (pl.: hamsters)

  1. (zoologia) criceto
ham | ster
  • (UK) IPA: /ˈhæmstə(ɹ)/
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dal tedesco Hamster, dall'alto tedesco antico hamustra "topo selvatico", dall'antico slavo ecclesiastico хомѣсторъ (chomĕstorŭ, "criceto") che è un ibrido del russo хомяк (chomják, "criceto") e dei termini delle lingue baltiche, per esempio il lituano staras "criceto"; in alternativa hamustra può derivare dal proto-germanico *xamustrō(n-), xamustran- "criceto", dal proto-indoeuropeo *kam- "roditore"