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Definition of Hamsters
1. hamster [n] - See also: hamster
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamsters
Literary usage of Hamsters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"Inhibition of Ovulation in hamsters by the Protein Synthesis Inhibitors Diphtheria
Toxin and Cycloheximide (40639) JOHN J. ALLEY A,* PETER F. BONVENTRE,f ..."
2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"hamsters The hamster is a relatively common laboratory animal species in biomedical
research. The earliest use of the hamster dates back to l930, ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"There are certain similarities between the results in hamsters and those found
in sheep. ... Some spread occurred in the hamsters, but they were given ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It feeds ordinarily wi small mammals, such as rabbits, hamsters, rats, and mice,
on sucli birds as it can ..."
5. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... hamsters. Form thick-set, with short limbs and tail, the latter sparsely
haired, not scaly. " Skull with marked but rounded supra-orbital ridges ..."
6. Guidelines for the Humane Transportation of Research Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"GUINEA PIGS AND hamsters, RABBITS, AND OTHER ANIMALS (9 CFR 3.35-3.41, ...
For guinea pigs and hamsters, inner surfaces of fiberboard, cardboard, ..."
7. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1841)
"... or in walls of decayed buildings. The hedgehog envelopes himself in leaves,
and generally rnn- ceals himself in fern-brakes. hamsters and ..."
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