单词 | dormouse |
释义 | dormouse /dawr"mows'/, n. , pl. dormice /-muys'/. any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits. [1400-50; late ME dormowse, dormoise; etym. obscure; perh. AF deriv. of OF dormir to sleep (see DORMANT), with final syll. reanalyzed as MOUSE, but no such AF word is known] |
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