English-Thai Dictionary
dormouse
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DORMOUSE
n.plu. Dormice. [L., to sleep and mouse. ] An animal of the mouse kind, which makes a bed of moss or dry leaves, in a hollow tree or under shrubs, lays in a store of nuts or other food, and on the approach of cold weather, rolls itself in a ball and sleeps the greatest part of the winter.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DORMOUSE
Dor "mouse, n.; pl. Dormice. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dormouse
dor mouse |ˈdôrˌmous ˈdɔrˌmaʊs | ▶noun ( pl. dormice |-ˌmīs | ) an agile mouselike rodent with a hairy or bushy tail, found in Africa and Eurasia. Some kinds are noted for spending long periods in hibernation. [Family Myoxidae: several genera and species, including the common (or hazel ) dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius ) and the fat dormouse (Myoxus glis ).] ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin, but associated with French dormir or Latin dormire ‘to sleep ’ and mouse .
Oxford Dictionary
dormouse
dor |mouse |ˈdɔːmaʊs | ▶noun ( pl. dormice ) an agile mouse-like rodent with a hairy or bushy tail, found in Africa and Eurasia. Some kinds are noted for spending long periods in hibernation. ●Family Myoxidae: several genera and species, including the common (or hazel ) dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius ) and the fat dormouse. ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin, but associated with French dormir or Latin dormire ‘to sleep ’ and mouse .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
dormouse
dor mouse /dɔ́ː r màʊs /名詞 複 -mice C 〘動 〙ヤマネ 〘リスとネズミに似た齧歯 （げっし ）類の小動物 〙.
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