dormouse
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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.
[Middle English, perhaps 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
(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]
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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]
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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.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 hazel mouse, Muscardinus avellanarius - a variety of dormouse lerot - dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa |
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dormouse
n pl <dormice> → Haselmaus f; edible or fat dormouse → Siebenschläfer m; common dormouse → Gemeiner Siebenschläfer
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