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Answer for the clue "Small rodents with lengthy hibernations ", 7 letters:
dormice

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Word definitions for dormice in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather [also: dormice (pl)]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (dormouse English)

Usage examples of dormice.

They were giant rodents, the extravagant relations of dormice and rats.

Most were not about little, soft-furred moles, adorable little dormice, gambolling rabbits or playful squirrels but were blunt, realistic descriptions of the animals that they knew so much about far more than I ever would.

Chapter 61 How A Gardener May Get Rid Of The Dormice That Eat His Peaches.

The rodents, too, were diversifying, with the appearance of the first gophers, beavers, dormice and hamsters, a great diversity of squirrels—and the first rats.