Associations to the word «Dormouse»

DORMOUSE, noun. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.

DORMOUSE, noun. (UK) Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.

DORMOUSE, noun. (figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

DORMOUSE, noun. Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather.