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# dormouse

noun (a dormouse, dormice)

«dormouse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A dormouse is a small furry animal like a mouse with a long fluffy tail, which lives in woods and sleeps through the winter (hibernates). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#m1)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons in the UK and Europe, dormice are known for hibernating for months; they are rare and protected. In stories, the dormouse at the Mad Hatter's tea party in Alice in Wonderland keeps falling asleep. Phrases: sleepy as a dormouse, hazel dormouse.

### Examples

- The dormouse sleeps all through the winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#x1)
- A dormouse has a fluffy tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#x2)
- Dormice eat hazelnuts and berries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#x3)
- In Alice in Wonderland, the dormouse falls asleep at the tea party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#x4)
- Dormice are rare in Britain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#x5)
- The dormouse curled up into a tiny ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#x6)
- The dormouse, of course, was the biggest of all the creatures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/#x7)

### Note

Plural: dormice (like mouse, mice). A dormouse is a rodent but not a true mouse. Dormice are protected in the UK; it is against the law to disturb them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dormouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dormouse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dormouse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dormouse.html) on Mova free.