dormouse

dor·mouse

 (dôr′mous′)

n. pl. dor·mice (-mīs′)

Any of various small omnivorous rodents of the family Gliridae of Eurasia and Africa, having long furred tails and known for their long hibernation periods.

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

dormouse

(ˈdɔːˌmaʊs)

n, pl -mice

(Animals) any small Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, esp the Eurasian Muscardinus avellanarius, resembling a mouse with a furry tail

[C15: dor-, perhaps from Old French dormir to sleep, from Latin dormīre + mouse]

dor•mouse

(ˈdɔrˌmaʊs)

n., pl. -mice (-ˌmaɪs)

any small usu. bushy-tailed Old World climbing rodent of the family Gliridae.

[1400–50; late Middle English dormowse, dormoise, perhaps Anglo-French derivative of Old French dormir to sleep (see dormant), with final syllable reanalyzed as mouse]

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

HaselmausSiebenschläfer

ghiro

arganaz

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