Definitions for cricetids

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cricetids cri·ce·tid

Spelling: [krahy-see-tid, -set-id, kri-]

IPA: /kraɪˈsi tɪd, -ˈsɛt ɪd, krɪ-/

Cricetids is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 294 anagrams from letters in cricetids (ccdeiirst).

Definitions for cricetids

noun

1. any of a diverse group of scampering, digging, or jumping rodents of the family Cricetidae, including the gerbils, hamsters, field mice, deer mice, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and several wood and field rats.
2. any of a diverse group of scampering, digging, or jumping rodents of the family Cricetidae, including the gerbils, hamsters, field mice, deer mice, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and several wood and field rats.

Origin of cricetids

1955-60; New Latin Cricetidae, equivalent to Cricet(us) a genus, including the common hamster (Medieval Latin: hamster, perhaps Czech křeček) + -idae -id²