dormouse

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 [ˈdɔːˌmaʊs]

n pl -mice

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, esp the Eurasian Muscardinus avellanarius, resembling a mouse with a furry tail

[dor-, perhaps from Old French dormir to sleep, from Latin dormīre + mouse]

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dormouse - A rodent but not a mouse, it may be a corrupted form of French dormeus, "sleepy."

See also related terms for mice.

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 [ˈdɔːmaʊs] N (dormice (pl)) → lirón m

dormouse [ˈdɔː^rmaʊs] [dormice] [ˈdɔː^rmaɪs] (pl) n → loir m

dormouse

n pl <dormice> → Haselmaus f; edible or fat dormouse → Siebenschläfer m; common dormouse → Gemeiner Siebenschläfer

dormouse [ˈdɔːˌmaʊs] n (dormice (pl)) [ˈdɔːˌmaɪs] → ghiro