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Dormice

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.

📖 Definitions of "Dormice"

noun
  1. 1

    Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.

  2. 2

    Glis glis, the edible dormouse

  3. 3

    Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.

  4. 4

    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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