EGAVE

dormouse

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae. Glis glis (edible dormouse). Muscardinus avellanarius (hazel dormouse).
  2. noun Glis glis (edible dormouse).
  3. noun Muscardinus avellanarius (hazel dormouse).
  4. noun A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

Similar words

lerot myoxid mouse muscardinid glirid deer mouse myomorph house mouse deermouse mouse opossum

Often followed by

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Word family

dormice

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