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flitter-mouse

flitter-mouse is the alternative form of flittermouse.

Meaning of flittermouse

Noun

flittermouse (plural flittermice)

  1. (dialectal) A bat (a flying mammal).
    • I thank thee, gentle flittermouse, for these so pleasant memories. Have you ever caught and examined a flittermouse?1891, Conway Lloyd Morgan, Animal sketches

Forms of flitter-mouse

pluralflitter-mice

Questions about flitter-mouse

What is flitter-mouse the alternative form of?
Flitter-mouse is the alternative form of flittermouse.

Words near flitter-mouse in the dictionary

  1. flitt
  2. flitted
  3. flitten
  4. flitter
  5. flitter-mice
  6. flitter-mouse
  7. flitterbat
  8. flitterbats
  9. flittered
  10. flittering
  11. flitterings

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