dormice

noun

1. Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
2. Glis glis, the edible dormouse
3. Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
4. A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).