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Cricetidae
Cricetidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Cricetidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the hamsters, voles, lemmings and some mice and rats.
Hypernyms
- (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Arvicolinae, Cricetinae, Democricetodontinae, Neotominae, Sigmodontinae, Tylomyinae - subfamilies