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."
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    Words with the same meaning
    bat