Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the characters of a dormouse; resembling a dormouse.
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- adjective Of, or pertaining to the
dormouse .
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Examples
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-- Molars 3/3, divided into transverse laminae; infra-orbital opening as in typical _Muridae_; incisive foramina and auditory bullae small; form _myoxine_ (or dormouse-like); fur mixed with flat spines; tail densely hairy.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
sionnach commented on the word myoxine
like or pertaining to a dormouse.
January 12, 2008