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hamsterkind

hamsterkind noun: all hamsters, considered as a group.

Noun

hamsterkind (uncountable)

  1. (rare) All hamsters, considered as a group.
    • Sure enough when his owner had let him go walkabout on the kitchen table he had taken his chance, raced for the edge, and made his own giant leap for hamsterkind.1994, Nigel Taylor, A Vet Called Nate, page 58

Origin of hamsterkind

From hamster + -kind.

Questions about hamsterkind

What does hamsterkind mean?
Hamsterkind means all hamsters, considered as a group.
What part of speech is hamsterkind?
Hamsterkind is a noun.

Words near hamsterkind in the dictionary

  1. hamsterer
  2. hamsterers
  3. hamsteries
  4. hamstering
  5. hamsterization
  6. hamsterkind
  7. hamsterless
  8. hamsterlike
  9. hamsters
  10. hamstery
  11. Hamstra

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