dormouse

IPA: dˈɔrmaʊs

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
Glis glis, the edible dormouse
(UK) Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
(figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

Examples of "dormouse" in Sentences

At this time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world.
But by this time the dormouse was a very small animal, and has remained so ever since.
And that's good news for the rare hazel dormouse which is believed to live in neighbouring woodland.
At last the dormouse undertook it -- for at this time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world.
The edible dormouse is a relative of the endangered hazel dormouse, which is a native species in the UK
The edible dormouse is a relative of the endangered hazel dormouse, which is a native species in the UK.
At that time the dormouse was the largest animal in the world; when it stood up it looked like a mountain.
At last, however, the animal now called a dormouse, which was then the largest gnawing animal existing, was persuaded to go.
The "dormouse," however, used to come up and say her parts for my benefit, and that of occasional friends, and was so modest and winsome, and her earnings so invaluable to the family, that I entirely altered my opinion.
There she remained, and in the morning one of the labourers found her, and, thinking she was some kind of dormouse, he carried her home to his little girl; and if you call on Mary Ann Smith you will see Fairy Fluffikins there still in a little cage.