| 释义 |
flinder-mouse Obs. exc. dial.|ˈflɪndəmaʊs|
[f. flinder n. or v.2 + mouse.]
A bat. Cf. flicker-, flitter-mouse.
1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 112 The flyndermows [Du. die vledermuys] and the wezel. 1565B. Googe Zodiac of Life ix. HH iiij b, Large wings on him did growe, Framde like the wings of Flinder-mice. 1592Chettle Kind-Harts Dr. (1841) 21 Blinde flinder-mise. 1624Bargrave Serm. 6 An eunuch strooke a flinder-mouse in an elder tree. 1736Pegge Kenticisms, Flindermouse, a bat. 1875in Sussex Gloss. |