English > family Cricetidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters. |
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| Synonym | Cricetidae |
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| Member of | Myomorpha, suborder Myomorpha | true rats and mice and related rodents |
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| Members | Arvicola, genus Arvicola | In some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus |
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| Baiomys, genus Baiomys | pygmy mice |
| Clethrionomys, genus Clethrionomys | A genus of Cricetidae |
| Cricetus, genus Cricetus | type genus of the Cricetidae |
| Dicrostonyx, genus Dicrostonyx | pied lemmings |
| Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae | gerbils |
| Lemmus, genus lemmus | lemmings |
| Meriones, genus Meriones | A genus of Cricetidae |
| Mesocricetus, genus Mesocricetus | golden hamsters |
| Microtus, genus Microtus | voles of the northern hemisphere |
| Myopus, genus Myopus | A genus of Cricetidae |
| Neofiber, genus Neofiber | round-tailed muskrat |
| Neotoma, genus Neotoma | packrats |
| New World mouse | A variety of rodent |
| Ondatra, genus Ondatra | muskrats |
| Onychomys, genus Onychomys | grasshopper mice |
| Oryzomys, genus Oryzomys | rice rats |
| Peromyscus, genus Peromyscus | New World wood mice |
| Pitymys, genus Pitymys | pine mice |
| Reithrodontomys, genus Reithrodontomys | New World harvest mice |
| Sigmodon, genus Sigmodon | American cotton rats |
| Synaptomys, genus Synaptomys | bog lemmings |
| genus Phenacomys | North American voles |
| lemming | Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution |
| wood rat, wood-rat | Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears |
| Broader | mammal family | A family of mammals |
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| Spanish | cricétidos |
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| Catalan | Cricetidae, Cricètid, cricètids |
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