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Webster 1913 Edition

Flittermouse

Flit′ter-mouseˊ

,

Noun.

[

Flitter

, v.i. +

mouse

; cf. G.

fledermaus

, OHG.

fledarmūs

. Cf.

,

.]

(Zool.)

A bat; – called also

flickermouse

,

flindermouse

, and

flintymouse

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flittermouse

FLIT'TERMOUSE

,

Noun.

[Flit, flitter and mouse.]

A bat; an animal that has the fur of a mouse, and membranes which answer the purpose of wings, and enable the animal to sustain itself in a fluttering flight.