spiny dormouse

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noun

a rat-sized rodent, Platacanthomys lasiurus, native to rocky hills of southern India, having reddish-brown fur and sharp, flat spines.

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Also called pepper rat.

Words nearby spiny dormouse

spin wave, spiny, spiny anteater, spiny cocklebur, spiny dogfish, spiny dormouse, spiny-finned, spiny-headed worm, spiny lizard, spiny lobster, spiny rat

How to use spiny dormouse in a sentence

When Spiny Norman, the giant hedgehog, goes looking for the Dimsdale brothers in Monty Python.
Craig Ferguson's 10 Favorite Comedy Moments|Craig Ferguson, The Daily Beast Video|May 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The rules were fairly lax, and we watched Spiny Norman shouting “Dimsdale!”
Craig Ferguson's 10 Favorite Comedy Moments|Craig Ferguson, The Daily Beast Video|May 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Here and there a cactus plant thrust spiny arms into the air.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
As a contrast in size may be mentioned the dormouse (gls), which was thought a great delicacy.
The Private Life of the Romans|Harold Whetstone Johnston

The polatouch is a different species from the squirrel rat, or dormouse, though he participates of the nature of all three.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Alice did not wish to offend the Dormouse again, so she began very cautiously: 'But I don't understand.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Lewis Carroll
The Dormouse has hid the brooch; and, pray, why am I for ever and ever to be denied the sight of my case?
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2)|Florence A. Thomas Marshall