Flindermouse

noun

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

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bat

Etymology

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

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