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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dormouse \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.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dormouse n : small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
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