dormouse
(plural – dormice; pronunciation: the letters ‘or’ rhyme with the letters ‘or’ in “for” — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
dormice lunching
a kind of animal – mammal – rodent – looks like and related to mice, but with soft orange brown fur (hair) and a hairy tail (rats and mice have hairless tails); active at nights (nocturnal); grows to 2 to 7 inches long and weighs15 to 200 grams; feeds on fruit, flowers, nuts and insects; lives for about 5 years; lives mostly in trees; about 34 species (kinds) found mostly in Europe, some found in Africa and Asia
a sleeping dormouse
Dormice are sleepy animals: they hibernate (= to sleep for a long time) most of their time – up to six months a year!
The name ‘dormouse’ means the “sleepy one/animal”!
sleep like a dormouse = sleep very soundly (sleep well for a long time)
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