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Hamster vs Murine - What's the difference?

hamster | murine |

As a noun hamster

is .

As an adjective murine is

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family muridae.

hamster

English

Alternative forms

* hampster

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various Old-World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
  • # especially, the golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus'', and the s of genus ''Phodopus , often kept as a pets and used in scientific research.
    • It is the cutest sight to see a hamster stuff his puffy cheeks with food; where is it going to store it?
  • Other rodents of similar appearance, such as the (maned hamster) or (crested hamster), ).

    • Synonyms

    * (golden hamster) (Syrian hamster)

    See also

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    External links

    * (wikipedia) * (projectlink) *

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    References

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    murine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, the mouse, rat or (more generally) any mammal of the family Muridae.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , passage=One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation. , page=699 , title=Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition , author=Gilbert S. Banker & Christopher T. Rhodes , publisher=Informa Health Care , year=2002 , isbn=0824706749}}

    Hypernyms

    * rodential

    Anagrams

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