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LOIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loir mean? 

LOIR (noun)
  The noun LOIR has 1 sense:

1. large European dormouseplay

  Familiarity information: LOIR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large European dormouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Glis glis; loir

Hypernyms ("loir" is a kind of...):

dormouse (small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather)

Holonyms ("loir" is a member of...):

genus Glis; Glis (type genus of the Gliridae)


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