hamster
ham ster
- n short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
- Her mother was pretty sure that the baby sister would not relinquish the hamster, but they would move it out of the family room.
- See, American workers today are about as fit as caged hamsters with all-day access to the nut bowl.
- Few laymen have ever heard of the golden hamsterbut they are likely to hear of it from now on.