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noun, plural -mice. Archaic.
a bat.
Origin:
before 1100; Middle English reremous, Old English hrēremūs, equivalent to hrēre- (origin uncertain; perhaps akin to hrēran to move) + mūs mouse
before 1100; Middle English reremous, Old English hrēremūs, equivalent to hrēre- (origin uncertain; perhaps akin to hrēran to move) + mūs mouse
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Reremouse
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| reremouse or rearmouse (ˈrɪəˌmaʊs) | |
| —n , pl -mice | |
| an archaic or dialect word for bat | |
| [Old English hrēremūs, probably from hrēran to move + mūs | |
| rearmouse or rearmouse | |
| —n | |
| [Old English hrēremūs, probably from hrēran to move + mūs | |
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