flindermouse

English

Etymology

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

Noun

flindermouse (plural flindermice)

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

References

• “flindermouse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.