dormouse

  1. Noun.  Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family ''Gliridae''; also called ''Myoxidae'' or ''Muscardinidae'' by some taxonomists.
  2. Noun.  (figuratively) A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).

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