dormouse

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.

For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.

Restoration such as this must work around wildlife habitats, and NR came to discover that almost the entire line was a haven for dormice.

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae.

A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).