flindermouse

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From flinder (“moth, butterfly”) +‎ mouse. Compare Dutch vlinder (“butterfly”). Compare also flittermouse, flinder.

Noun[edit]

flindermouse (plural flindermice)

(obsolete) A bat (the mammal).

References[edit]

“flindermouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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