flindermouse

English

Etymology

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

Noun

flindermouse (plural flindermice)

  1. (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).

References

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