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dormouse

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dormouse/ˈdɔːmaʊs/

▶noun (pl. dormice) an agile mouse-like rodent with a bushy tail. [Muscardinus avellanarius and other species, family Gliridae.]

– origin ME: of unknown origin, but assoc. with Fr. dormir or L. dormire ‘to sleep’.

'dormouse' also found in these Oxford entries:

edible dormouse - fat dormouse

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