flittermouse
noun
bat.
flittermice
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pluralof flittermouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It is only here that fish no bigger than trout kill swimmers, and bats the size of the ordinary "flittermice" of the northern hemisphere drain the life-blood of big beasts and of man himself.
From Through the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
I can endure flittermice painted blue, but they must wear petticoats—and pretty petticoats too.
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Bats look more like mice than they do like birds, and they are sometimes called flittermice.
From The Human Side of Animals by Royal Dixon
Three bats or flittermice are in the shield of Burninghill and in that of Heyworth of Whethamstede.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
In some places bats are called flittermice, but they are more nearly related to moles, shrews, and other insect-eaters than they are to mice.
From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by William Beebe
