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edible dormouse

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A European edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis), especially when considered as a food.

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noun

Meaning 2

An Iranian edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis persicus)

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: liró gris — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Dutch: zevenslaper — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Dutch: relmuis — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Esperanto: gliro — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Finnish: unikeko — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • French: loir gris — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • French: Loir gris — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • German: Siebenschläfer — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Icelandic: svefnpurka — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Ido: gliro — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Italian: ghiro — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Korean: 큰겨울잠쥐 (keun'gyeouljamjwi) — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjusover — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: syvsover — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjusovar — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Polish: pilch — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Polish: popielica — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Portuguese: leirão cinzento — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Russian: полчо́к (polčók) — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Russian: со́ня-полчо́к (sónja-polčók) — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Spanish: lirón gris — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Swedish: sjusovare — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Turkish: kakırca — dormouse (Glis glis)
  • Turkish: fındık faresi — dormouse (Glis glis)