Dormouse

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  • noun. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A rodent of the family Myoxidæ.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter.
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  • noun. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
  • noun. Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
  • noun. A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).
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  • noun. small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
    • Word Usage
    "But by this time the dormouse was a very small animal, and has remained so ever since."
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    dormouse phalangers  striped dormouse  
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