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dormouse

DEFINITIONS OF: dormouse

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n small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

Types:
Glis glis, loir
large European dormouse
Muscardinus avellanarius, hazel mouse
a variety of dormouse
lerot
dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa
Type of:
gnawer, rodent
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
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