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rattlemice

rattlemice is the plural of rattlemouse.

Meaning of rattlemouse

Noun

rattlemouse (plural rattlemice)

  1. (obsolete) A bat (the animal).
    • the tale of the Rattlemouſe who in the warres proclaimed betweene - the foure footed beaſts , and the birdes, beyng ſent for by Lyon to be at his muſters, excuſed himself for that he was a foule and flew with winges : and beyng ſent for by the Eagle to serue him, sayd that he was a foure footed...1588, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie

Questions about rattlemice

What is rattlemice the plural of?
Rattlemice is the plural of rattlemouse.

Words near rattlemice in the dictionary

  1. rattled through
  2. rattlehead
  3. rattleheaded
  4. rattleheads
  5. rattleless
  6. rattlemice
  7. rattlemouse
  8. rattlepate
  9. rattlepated
  10. rattlepates
  11. rattlepod

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