tammihiiri

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • garden dormouse, . Despite its name it is not zoologically a mouse, but belongs to the family Gliridae (dormice).

Etymology

Compound from Finnish tammi (oak, core, axis, archaic sense heart, from tammikuu January) + Finnish hiiri (mouse, mouse's).

Origin

Finnish

hiiri

Gloss

mouse, mouse's

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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🐁 🐭 🖱️

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