Dormouse

Word DORMOUSE
Character 8
Hyphenation dor mouse
Pronunciations /ˈdɔːmaʊs/

Definitions and meanings of "Dormouse"

What do we mean by dormouse?

Any of various small omnivorous rodents of the family Gliridae of Eurasia and Africa, having long furred tails and known for their long hibernation periods. noun

A rodent of the family Myoxidæ. noun

A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; -- so called because they are usually torpid in winter. noun

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

Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse. noun

A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse). noun

Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather noun

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

Glis glis, the edible dormouse

Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.

A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

Ubercool resident of the massassi temple. role model for all Urban Dictionary

A rat like being. A full on sind. Proper spick head with ret like features. Born into family of insest. Not worth what it would take to shoot this pathetic low life little cunt. Often known to use such vocabulary as "bothered" or "dear then". To be consistently abused and eventually shot on sight. A right 'tard. Urban Dictionary

The act of grinning that makes your cheeks fill out. Often used by British politicians and US Senators. Urban Dictionary

1) a animal similar to a squirrel but smol, lifes in Europe and is said to be endangererd 2) sb who sleeps often and long, is pretty chill, but unreliable due to this at times Urban Dictionary

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The word "dormouse" in example sentences

At that time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world; when it stood up it looked like a mountain. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

But by this time the dormouse was a very small animal, and has remained so ever since. ❋ Margaret Bemister (N/A)

At last, however, the animal now called a dormouse, which was then the largest gnawing animal existing, was persuaded to go. ❋ Unknown (1860)

At this time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world. ❋ Cornelius Mathews (1853)

At last the dormouse undertook it -- for at this time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world. ❋ Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1828)

The edible dormouse is a relative of the endangered hazel dormouse, which is a native species in the UK. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The edible dormouse is a relative of the endangered hazel dormouse, which is a native species in the UK ❋ Unknown (2010)

The "dormouse," however, used to come up and say her parts for my benefit, and that of occasional friends, and was so modest and winsome, and her earnings so invaluable to the family, that I entirely altered my opinion. ❋ Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1902)

There she remained, and in the morning one of the labourers found her, and, thinking she was some kind of dormouse, he carried her home to his little girl; and if you call on Mary Ann Smith you will see Fairy Fluffikins there still in a little cage. ❋ Michael Fairless (1885)

And that's good news for the rare hazel dormouse which is believed to live in neighbouring woodland. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"dormouse," were no small trial, and glad we were, tired and travelworn, to get sight of the "Mother of Russian cities," as Kief from its antiquity is styled, situated on a high bank overlooking the Dnieper. ❋ Unknown (1856)

It feels strange to be naked with Carol Ann on the same couch where I'd been the dormouse lodger, careful not to disturb, even as I felt slightly territorial. ❋ Eamon Somers (2011)

This was Glis glis – the continental fat dormouse, prized as a table delicacy by the Romans, present throughout Europe and as an introduced species in Britain. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The dormouse was creeping upside down across the ceiling. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I took sunflower seeds from the bird-food container, put them and the dormouse back into the box whence it came, and peered in to see it begin a leisurely breakfast before quietly leaving it to perhaps more months of hibernation. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They include such creatures as the African clawed-toad, the leathery sea squirt and the edible dormouse best served with honey and poppy seeds, according to an ancient Roman recipe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This is analogous to a dormouse claiming to be an authority on the ethical character of housecats. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She looks like a bat, dresses like a dormouse, and behaves like a frightened cat—three animals I do not find compelling. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

May 9, 2009 12: 11 PM dormouse replied to idiolect ❋ Unknown (2009)

"<[Ford]> [Dormouse] is only the [single] coolest person in all of massassiland" ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[What a] [fucking] [tosser] that Dormouse is ❋ ToonToonBlackAndWhiteArmy (2006)

British [PM] [Tony Blair] is a [prime] example. ❋ Star Taymar (2005)

[G11] from Girl's [Frontline] is a dormouse[HK416]: "You stupid dormouse. I should've stuffed your head into that barrel of Sauerkraut last night." G11: "...." *sleeps away* ❋ Zirpharis (2021)

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