1) Companion of the Mad Hatter 2) Ditto 3) Fictional tea party attendee 4) Gnawer 5) Gnawing animal 6) Mad tea party dozer 7) Mad tea party invitee 8) Rodent 9) Rodent in A Mad Tea-Party 10) Sleeper at a tea party 11) Sleepy Carrollian creature 12) Small rodent 13) Small, furry-tailed rodent 14) Tea party napper
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• (n.) 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.
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any of 27 species of small-bodied Eurasian, Japanese, and African rodents. The largest, weighing up to 180 grams (6.3 ounces), is the fat, or edible, ... [1 related articles]
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Origin: Perh. Fr. F. Dormir to sleep (Prov. E. Dorm to doze) + E. Mouse; or perh. Changed fr. F. Dormeuse, fem, a sleeper, though not found in the sense of a dormouse. ... <zoology> 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 w...
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Dor'mouse noun ;
plural Dormice . [ Perh. from French
dormir to sleep (Prov. English
dorm to doze) + English
mouse ; or perhaps changed from French
dormeuse , fem., a sleeper, though not found in the sense of
a dormouse .]
(Zoology) A small Eur...
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Dormouse (Myoxus) is a genus of mammiferous quadrupeds, of the order Rodentia. These little animals, which appear to be intermediate between the squirrels and the mice, inhabit temperate and warm countries, and subsist entirely on vegetable food. Their pace is a kind of leap, but they have not the activity of squirrels. Whilst feeding they sit upri...
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n] - small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
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dormouse Any of various small, squirrellike Old World rodents of the family Gliridae; a family that contains about twenty species of small arboreal and nocturnal rodents that feed mostly on fruit, seeds, and insects; many hibernate during the winter. Dormice are noted for their hibernation practices. From Anglo-Norman dormeus, inclined to sleep, ...
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noun small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
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Small rodent, of the family Gliridae, with a hairy tail. There are about ten species, living in Europe, Asia, and Africa. They are arboreal (live in trees) and nocturnal, hibernating during winter in cold regions. They eat berries, nuts, pollen, and insects
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any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
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