dormouse

English - Turkish

Definition of dormouse in English Turkish dictionary

fındık faresi

fare

Gliridae familyasından ufak sincaba benzer fare

fındıkfare

Fındıkfaresi gibi yorgunum. - I am tired like a dormouse.

(isim) fındık faresi

fındıksıçanı

fındıkfaresi

Fındıkfaresi gibi yorgunum. - I am tired like a dormouse.

Muscardinus avel lanarius

Related Terms

dormice

fındık sıçanı

dormice

kakırca

edible dormouse

yemeklik fındık faresi

dormice

dormouses

hazel dormouse

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) fındıkfaresi

sleep like a dormouse

ölü gibi uyumak

English - English

Definition of dormouse in English English dictionary

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

Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists

{n} a tribe of small animals which repose during winter

A dormouse is a small animal that looks like a mouse. It is found in southern England and Wales. dormice a small European mouse with a long furry tail. Any of 20 rodent species (family Gliridae) found throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Dormice have large eyes, soft fur, rounded ears, and a hairy (sometimes bushy) tail. They live in trees, bushes, and rock walls and in nests of plant material. They eat fruit, nuts, birds' eggs, and some insects and small animals. Many species sleep for long periods, particularly in winter. The largest species, the edible dormouse (Glis glis), is gray and attains a maximum length of about 8 in. (20 cm), excluding the 6-in. (15-cm) tail

{i} type of small rodent which resembles a squirrel

so called because they are usually torpid in winter

They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc

small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather

A small European rodent of the genus Myoxus, of several species

Related Terms

edible dormouse

The European dormouse, Glis glis, especially when considered as a food

fat dormouse

An edible dormouse, Glis glis

garden dormouse

A rodent in the Gliridae (dormouse) family, Eliomys quercinus

dormice

plural of dormouse

Hyphenation

dor·mouse

Turkish pronunciation

dôrmaus

Pronunciation

/ˈdôrˌmous/ /ˈdɔːrˌmaʊs/

Etymology

[ 'dor-"maus ] (noun.) 15th century. Unknown origin, though came to be associated with French dormir (“to sleep”).