Definition of "glis" [glis]

• The type genus of the Gliridae. (noun)

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• "This was Glis glis – the continental fat dormouse, prized as a table delicacy by the Romans, present throughout Europe and as an introduced species in Britain."
• "[5067] Castilio noteth, in the night, Diem ut glis odit, taedarum lucem super omnia mavult, she hateth the day like a dormouse, and above all things loves torches and candlelight, and if she must come abroad in the day, she covets, as [5068] in a mercer's shop, a very obfuscate and obscure sight."
• "Rothschild also established the edible dormouse or Glis glis."