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Webster 1913 Edition


Flittermouse

Flit′ter-mouseˊ

,
Noun.
[
Flitter
, v.i. +
mouse
; cf. G.
fledermaus
, OHG.
fledarmūs
. Cf.
Flickermouse
,
Flindermouse
.]
(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.

Definition 2024


flittermouse

flittermouse

See also: flitter-mouse

English

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Noun

flittermouse (plural flittermice)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal) A bat; a reremouse; flindermouse.
    • 1891, Conway Lloyd Morgan, Animal sketches:
      I thank thee, gentle flittermouse, for these so pleasant memories. Have you ever caught and examined a flittermouse?

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