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dormouse

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dor·mouse  (dôrmous)
n.
Any of various small, squirrellike Old World rodents of the family Gliridae.
[Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by mous, mouse) of Anglo-Norman dormeus, inclined to sleep, hibernating, from Old French dormir, to sleep; see dormant.]
dormouse
Noun
pl -mice a small rodent resembling a mouse with a furry tail [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dormousedormouse - 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


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There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head.
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She was fond of all boy's plays, and greatly preferred cricket not merely to dolls, but to the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush.
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