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Dormouse

Dormouse Meaning & Definition
Dormouse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dormouse?

[n] small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

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See Also | family Gliridae | Gliridae | Glis glis | gnawer | gnawing animal | hazel mouse | lerot | loir | Muscardinus avellanarius | rodent

Dormouse In Webster's Dictionary

\Dor"mouse\, n.; pl. {Dormice}. [Perh. fr. F. dormir to sleep (Prov. E. dorm to doze) + E. mouse; or perh. changed fr. F. dormeuse, fem., a sleeper, though not found in the sense of a dormouse.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European rodent of the genus {Myoxus}, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

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