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| gold·en ham·ster (plural gold·en ham·sters) |
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small animal with cheek pouches: a small animal with tan fur, a short tail, and large cheek pouches for storing food, which is often kept as a pet or used as a laboratory animal. The widespread domestic population came from a single female and 12 young caught in Syria in 1930. Latin name Mesocricetus auratus.
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