glis

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.

Country diary: Ariège, Pyrenees 2011

[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.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Rothschild also established the edible dormouse or Glis glis.

Archive 2006-12-01 tellurian 2006

Rothschild also established the edible dormouse or Glis glis.

Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild tellurian 2006

Early reports concerning the role of Gliricidia as a forage refer to its toxicity and certainly the derivation of the generic name (glis = doormouse, caedo = kill) implies a toxicity to rodents.

Chapter 3 1994

Path: telnet glis. cr.usgs.gov/login: guest (2/94).

FAQ: Internet Sources of Government Informaiton, 2nd Edition Part 2 1994

A great glis - tening domed construction, rising hundreds of feet, so it seemed, into the air.

Elric At The End of Time Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1984

Then she stopped, looked around her at the beautifully patterned walls glis - tening with torchlight, the old shields of bronze and silver hung on them, the ancient, jeweled weapons.

Heir of Sea and Fire McKillip, Patricia A. 1977

He wheeled behind her as she turned, facing the priestess, club upraised, fangs glis-tening.

The Moon Pool 1919

This gentleman was returning from Mackinac, on the ice, with a train de glis, drawn by dogs.

Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851