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Definition of Hampster
1. hamster [n -S] - See also: hamster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hampster
Literary usage of Hampster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Zoology by Henri Milne-Edwards (1856)
"The hampster (Fig. 101), a small rodent analogous to the rat ... construct works
like those of the hampster, but more complicated; for they not only ..."
2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1913)
"He married, about 1574, JOANE , who survived him. Children : i. THOMAS, bapt.
12 Feb. 1576/6 ; succeeded to lands in Halstead called hampster (or ..."
3. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1898)
"The hampster is white, chestnut, and brown, and makes almost the brightest lining
of any fur used in this country. It is also short in the fur, ..."
4. The Philosophy of Natural History: With an Introduction and Various by William Smellie, John Ware (1851)
"The hampster, or German marmot, and some other quadrupeds of this kind, live in
society, and assist each other in digging and rendering commodious their ..."
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