German rat in English

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          "ref": "1817, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Brown, Goldsmith's History of the Earth, and Animated Nature (page 256)",
          "text": "The cricetus, or German rat, which Mr. Buffon calls the hamster, greatly resembles the water-rat in its size, small eyes, and the shortness of its tail."
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        "A hamster."
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        "(obsolete) A hamster."
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  "word": "German rat"
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        "A hamster."
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        "(obsolete) A hamster."
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  "word": "German rat"
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"German rat" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms