Definition of Dormice

1. Noun. (plural of dormouse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dormice

1. dormouse [n] - See also: dormouse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dormice

dormant(ip)
dormant account
dormant volcano
dormant volcanoes
dormants
dormative
dormaunt
dormedory
dormer
dormer-window
dormer-windows
dormer window
dormered
dormers
dormice (current term)
dormie
dormient
dormin
dormins
dormition
dormitions
dormitive
dormitive principle
dormitive principles
dormitive virtue
dormitories
dormitory
dormitory room
dormlike

Literary usage of Dormice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The count of Monte-Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1846)
"THE METHOD OF RIDDING A GARDENER OF dormice THAT EAT HIS PEACHES. NOT on the same night he had intended, but the next morning, the Count of Monte-Cristo ..."

2. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"dormice are squirrel-like animals, with bushy tails, and as Fig. 41.—Girdling of alder bv dor- they move about at night, chiefly in broadleaved forest, ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"THE CURE FOR dormice THAT EAT PEACHES From <The Count of Monte Cristo> NOT on the same night he had intended, but the next morning, the Count of Monte ..."

4. Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Terentius Varro (1913)
"Of dormice XV. dormice 2 are preserved on a different sys- 1 Reading LXXX quadrantes. A comparison may be made of this capacity with that of the ordinary ..."

5. The animal creation by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"... while they cany devastation into all the lands through which they pass. Their usual habitat seems to be the shores of the icy sea. The dormice ..."

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