What is the meaning of Dormouse?

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae (syns. Myoxidae, Muscardinidae).

  1. Glis glis (edible dormouse).
  2. Muscardinus avellanarius (hazel dormouse).

Glis glis (edible dormouse).

Muscardinus avellanarius (hazel dormouse).

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

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