LOIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loir mean? 

• LOIR (noun)
  The noun LOIR has 1 sense:

1. large European dormouse

  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)