Flittermouse
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A bat; a reremouse; a flindermouse.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A bat; -- called also
flickermouse
,
flindermouse
, and
flintymouse
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
bat
; a
reremouse
;
flindermouse
.
Word Usage
"Soon after the May garlands the meadow orchis comes up, which is called 'dead men's hands,' and after that the 'ram's-horn' orchis, which has a twisted petal; and in the evening the bat, which they call flittermouse, appears again."
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bat
variant
flickermouse
flindermouse
flintymouse