Dormouse

Quick meaning: Dormouse is a noun meaning Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.

Meaning

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

Example Sentences

Restoration such as this must work around wildlife habitats, and NR came to discover that almost the entire line was a haven for dormice.

For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.

Word Forms

• dormice

Synonyms for dormouse

Depending on context, synonyms include glirid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lerot, myoxid, mouse, glirid, myomorph, deermouse.

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