flittermouse

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flittermouse

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

noun flittermice · flear-mouse · flettermouse · flitter-mouse · fluttermouse · flickermouse

dialectal A bat (a flying mammal). I thank thee, gentle flittermouse, for these so pleasant memories. Have you ever caught and examined a flittermouse?

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@misc{flittermouse_2026,
  title = {flittermouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flittermouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}