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Raredormouse
The correct spelling is dormouse.
How to pronounce dormouse
/ˈdɔːmaʊs/
nounIPA: /ˈdɔːmaʊs/
Say it like: Dor-mow-se
The correct spelling is dormouse. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
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Definition
noun
- 1.Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
- 2.Glis glis, the edible dormouse
- 3.Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
- 4.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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