English Explanatory Dictionary

flindermouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bat (the mammal).

Word forms

flindermouse flindermice

Etymology

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

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