dormouse (redirected from common dormice)

dor·mouse  (dôrmous)

n.

Any of various small, squirrellike Old World rodents of the family Gliridae.

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[Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by mous, mouse) of Anglo-Norman dormeus, inclined to sleep, hibernating, from Old French dormir, to sleep; see dormant.]

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dormouse

Noun

pl -mice a small rodent resembling a mouse with a furry tail [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dormouse - small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing family Gliridae, Gliridae - dormice and other Old World forms Glis glis, loir - large European dormouse hazel mouse, Muscardinus avellanarius - a variety of dormouse lerot - dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa

Translations

dormouse [pl dormice] [ˈdɔːmaus, -maɪs] n → lirón m

dormouse [dormice , pl ] [ˈdɔːmaus, -maɪs] n → loir m

dormouse [ˈdɔːmaus] [dormice , pl ] n → Haselmaus f

dormouse [pl dormice] [ˈdɔːmaus, -maɪs] n → ghiro