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dormouse

UK /ˈdɔɹmaʊs/ | US /ˈdɔːmaʊs/

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.

dormouse in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
  • (noun) Glis glis, the edible dormouse
  • (noun) Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
  2. 2
    noun Glis glis, the edible dormouse
  3. 3
    noun Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
  4. 4
    noun A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).
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