| NOUN | animal | dormouse | small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather |
|---|
| Sounds | dao'rmaw.s | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alehouse ... whorehouse: 54 rhymes with aws... | |
| Meaning | small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Gliridae, family Gliridae | dormice and other Old World forms |
| Narrower | hazel mouse, Muscardinus avellanarius | A variety of dormouse |
| lerot | dormouse of southern Europe and northern Africa | |
| loir, Glis glis | large European dormouse | |
| Broader | rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
| Spanish | gliridae, lirón | |
| Catalan | liró | |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact