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garden dormouse

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A rodent in the Gliridae (dormouse) family, Eliomys quercinus, native to parts of Europe, especially southern Europe.

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Synonyms: lerot

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Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: llirón — rodent
  • Asturian: llira — rodent
  • Asturian: ratu dormidor — rodent
  • Catalan: rata cellarda — rodent
  • Catalan: rata de plomall — rodent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花園睡鼠 /花园睡鼠 (huāyuánshuìshǔ) — rodent
  • Dutch: eikelmuis — rodent
  • Esperanto: ĝardenogliro — rodent
  • Estonian: lagrits — rodent
  • Finnish: tammihiiri — rodent
  • French: lérot — rodent
  • German: Gartenschläfer — rodent
  • Italian: quercino — rodent
  • Korean: 정원겨울잠쥐 (jeong'won'gyeouljamjwi) — rodent
  • Portuguese: leirão — rodent
  • Portuguese: arganaz — rodent
  • Romanian: pârș-de-stejar — rodent
  • Russian: садо́вая со́ня (sadóvaja sónja) — rodent
  • Spanish: lirón careto — rodent
  • Swedish: trädgårdssovare — rodent
  • Turkish: bahçe yediuyuru — rodent