Dictionary - Definition of FLITTERMOUSE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Flittermouse" is a common misspelling or typo for: flitter-mouse.

Date "Flittermouse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Flittermouse \Flit"ter*mouse`\, noun. [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; compare to German fledermaus, Old High German fledarm[=u]s. Compare to Flickermouse, Flindermouse.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FLITTERMOUSE

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A bat; an animal that has the fur of a mouse, and membranes which answer the purpose of wings, and enable the animal to sustain itself in a fluttering flight.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Literature	Flittermouse A bat. South calls the bat a flinder-mouse. (German, fledermaus.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A bat; -- called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "FLITTERMOUSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Flittermouse \Flit"ter*mouse`\, noun. [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; compare to German fledermaus, Old High German fledarm[=u]s. Compare to Flickermouse, Flindermouse.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: FLITTERMOUSE

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] A bat; an animal that has the fur of a mouse, and membranes which answer the purpose of wings, and enable the animal to sustain itself in a fluttering flight.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Literature	Flittermouse A bat. South calls the bat a flinder-mouse. (German, fledermaus.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top