Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bat: same as
flittermouse .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A bat; a flittermouse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
bat (the mammal).
Etymologies
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Old English vlindre moth (compare Dutch vlinder butterfly) + English mouse. Compare flittermouse, flinder.
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Postscript: When I was looking up flimmer in the Shorter Oxford, I found the lovely word flindermouse.
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