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Definition of Muscardinus avellanarius
1. Noun. A variety of dormouse.
Generic synonyms: Dormouse
Group relationships: Genus Muscardinus, Muscardinus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muscardinus Avellanarius
Literary usage of Muscardinus avellanarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Human Marriage by Edward Westermarck (1922)
"in climate.1 The dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), which feeds upon hazel-nuts,
pairs in July and brings forth its young in August, when nuts begin to ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1893)
"... and the Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)— both perhaps less likely to
occur—have also been recorded, but on insufficient evidence, ..."
3. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"THE DORMOUSE The Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is in some ways suggestive
of a miniature squirrel. It climbs in the herbage and bushes; in the thicket ..."
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