hazel dormouse

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hazel dormouse

noun hazel dormice

A small nocturnal dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, with golden-brown fur and large black eyes. A volunteer checks a rare hazel dormouse as 20 breeding pairs were released into an undisclosed woodland location near Royal Leamington Spa in Warwickshire, UK.
Similar: common dormouse

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noun small nocturnal dormouse

Italiano	moscardino

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@misc{hazel_dormouse_2026,
  title = {hazel dormouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hazel%20dormouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}