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How to pronounce dormouse in English?

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Type Words
Type of rodent, gnawer
Has types hazel mouse, glis glis, loir, muscardinus avellanarius, lerot

Examples of dormouse

dormouse
The word also is used to mean the hibernating rodent called the edible dormouse.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Afternoon tea, minus the Mad Hatter and the dormouse, is just a short drive away.
From the democratandchronicle.com
I agree this dormouse is enjoying blackberries but i wonder if they were wild ones.
From the guardian.co.uk
It looks like a modern dormouse, climbing small shrubs in Liaoning, China.
From the en.wikipedia.org
About 16 centimetres long and 10 cm from nose to rump, Eomaia resembled a large dormouse.
From the newscientist.com
The dormouse will be able to co-exist with Olympic cycling in the summer.
From the guardian.co.uk
Instead, rare and protected species such as the dormouse and many rare bats can be found.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Though the fact remains that frankly it might be an idea not to build near dormouse habitat.
From the guardian.co.uk
Wiggly Wigglers also offer a hedgehog home and a dormouse hotel.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
  • Dormice are rodents of the family Gliridae. (This family is also variously called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by different taxonomists.) Dormice are mostly found in Europe, although some live in Africa and Asia. They are particularly known for their long periods of hibernation. ...
  • The Dormouse is a character in "A Mad Tea Party", often popularly known as "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party", Chapter VII from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. He sat between the March Hare and the Mad Hatter. ...