flittermouse

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bat (a flying mammal). dialectal
    — I thank thee, gentle flittermouse, for these so pleasant memories. Have you ever caught and examined a flittermouse?

词形变化

flittermice plural flear-mouse alternative flettermouse alternative flitter-mouse alternative fluttermouse alternative flickermouse alternative

词源

From flitter + mouse (compare flickermouse, flindermouse), after Middle Dutch fleddermuys, vledermuys, vlermuys (Modern Dutch vleermuis), from vledderen, vlederen (“to flutter, float, hover”) + muys (“mouse”). Cognate with West Frisian flearmûs (“bat”), Middle Low German vledermūs (“bat”), German Fledermaus (“bat”), Swedish fladdermus (“bat”) and flädermus (“bat”). More at flitter, flutter, flatter, mouse.
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