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- noun Plural form of
flittermouse , an alternative spelling offlitter-mouse .
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Examples
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In some places bats are called flittermice, but they are more nearly related to moles, shrews, and other insect-eaters than they are to mice.
The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919
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It is only here that fish no bigger than trout kill swimmers, and bats the size of the ordinary "flittermice" of the northern hemisphere drain the life-blood of big beasts and of man himself.
Through the Brazilian Wilderness Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Bats look more like mice than they do like birds, and they are sometimes called flittermice.
The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923
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It is only here that fish no bigger than trout kill swimmers, and bats the size of the ordinary flittermice of the northern hemisphere drain the life-blood of big beasts and of man himself.
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I can see six devils, in the form of flittermice, ready to seize his soul as it comes out of his mouth. "
The Miracle Of The Great St. Nicolas 1920 Anatole France 1884
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