Flittermouse Definition

noun

(zoology, now chiefly dialectal) A bat; a reremouse; flindermouse.

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Noun

Singular:
flittermouse
Plural:
flittermice

Origin of Flittermouse

  • From flitter +‎ mouse (compare flickermouse, flindermouse), after Middle Dutch fleddermuys, vledermuys, vlermuys (Modern Dutch vleermuis), from Middle Dutch vledderen, vlederen (“to flutter, float, hover”) + muys (“mouse”). Cognate with West Frisian flearmûs (“bat”), Middle Low German vledermūs (“bat”), German Fledermaus (“bat”), Swedish flädermus (“bat”). More at flitter, flutter, flatter, mouse.

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