DORMOUSE

dormouse. Dormouse, n. a tribe of small animals which repose during winter

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Dor″mouse (?), n.; pl. Dormice (#). [[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.]] (Zoöl.) 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.