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Rodents cooler in student accommodation?
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dormice
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Word definitions for dormice in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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["o]l.) A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus ...
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.