NOUN | animal | dormouse | small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather |
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Sounds | dao'rmaw.s | |
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Rhymes | alehouse ... whorehouse: 54 rhymes with aws... |
Meaning | small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather. | |
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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 |
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