lerotn.
/ˈlɛrət/ Zoology.
The garden dormouse ( Myoxus nitela).
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1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 76 The middle [Dormouse], which he [sc. Buffon] calls the Lerot.
1849 Sketches Nat. Hist.: Mammalia IV. 29 The Garden Dormouse, or Lerot... The greater Dormouse of Shaw.
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