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dormouse
[ dawr-mous ]
noun
- any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
dormouse
/ ˈdɔːˌmaʊs /
noun
- any small Old World rodent of the family Gliridae , esp the Eurasian Muscardinus avellanarius, resembling a mouse with a furry tail
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Origin of dormouse1
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Example Sentences
As a contrast in size may be mentioned the dormouse (gls), which was thought a great delicacy.
The polatouch is a different species from the squirrel rat, or dormouse, though he participates of the nature of all three.
Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began very cautiously: 'But I don't understand.
The Dormouse has hid the brooch; and, pray, why am I for ever and ever to be denied the sight of my case?
But Dorothy—Dorothy Dormouse, as he liked to call her—set these preconceived notions at defiance.
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