reremouse
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English reremous, from Old English hrēremūs, hrœ̄remūs (“bat”), equivalent to rear (“to move, shake, stir”) + mouse.
Noun edit
reremouse (plural reremice)
- (rare, archaic, poetic or heraldry) A bat (flying mammal).
- 1923, Notes and Queries, page 299:
- Argent, a reremouse sable, […]