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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[94]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. | |
