| Noun | 1. | Cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsterswood rat, wood-rat - any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) lemming - any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution | |