reremouse

American

[reer-mous] / ˈrɪərˌmaʊs /

noun

Archaic.

a bat.

reremouse British

/ ˈrɪəˌmaʊs /

noun

an archaic or dialect word for bat 2

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

reremice

plural

Etymology

Origin of reremouse

before 1100; Middle English reremous, Old English hrēremūs, equivalent to hrēre- (origin uncertain; perhaps akin to hrēran to move) + mūs mouse

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