fluttermouse

fluttermouse
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: alteration of flittermouse
: bat III 1

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fluttermouse
dial. form of flittermouse.

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  • bat — as in ‘cricket bat’ [OE] and bat the animal [16] come from entirely different sources. Bat the wooden implement first appears in late Old English as batt ‘cudgel’, but it is not clear where it ultimately came from. Some have postulated a Celtic… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • bat — as in ‘cricket bat’ [OE] and bat the animal [16] come from entirely different sources. Bat the wooden implement first appears in late Old English as batt ‘cudgel’, but it is not clear where it ultimately came from. Some have postulated a Celtic… …   Word origins

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