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Webster 1913 Edition

Dormouse

Dor′mouse

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Dormice
(#)
.
[Perh. fr. F.
dormir
to sleep (Prov. E.
dorm
to doze) + E.
mouse
; or perh. changed fr. F.
dormeuse
, fem., a sleeper, though not found in the sense of
a dormouse
.]
(Zool.)
A small European rodent of the genus
Myoxus
, of several species. They live in trees and feed on nuts, acorns, etc.; – so called because they are usually torpid in winter.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dormouse

DORMOUSE

,
Noun.
Plu. Dormice. [L., to sleep and mouse.] An animal of the mouse kind, which makes a bed of moss or dry leaves, in a hollow tree or under shrubs, lays in a store of nuts or other food, and on the approach of cold weather, rolls itself in a ball and sleeps the greatest part of the winter.

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