Having the form or appearance of a dormouse or other rodent of the family Gliridae.
From Latin 'glirs' (dormouse) + '-form' (shape or form). The term combines the scientific name for dormice with the suffix indicating physical resemblance or structural similarity.
This word is virtually extinct in modern English, surviving only in specialized zoological texts—it's a perfect example of how scientific terminology from centuries past becomes fossilized in academic literature, waiting to be rediscovered by curious etymologists.
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