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reremouse en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English reremous, from Old English hrēremūs, hrœ̄remūs (“bat”). Related to rear (“to move, shake, stir”).

Meanings

  1. (archaic, poetic, rare) A bat (flying mammal).
    • Argent, a reremouse sable,[…] 1923, Notes and Queries, page 299:

Forms

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reermouse alternative lexicographic
reremice Number=Plur lexicographic
rearmouse alternative lexicographic