Dormouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various small, squirrellike Old World rodents of the family Gliridae.
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  • n. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
  • n. Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
  • n. A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A rodent of the family Myoxidæ.
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  • n. small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
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    striped dormouse    dormouse phalangers   
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    dormice   
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