The battle of the frogs and mice, a mock heroic poem, possibly of the Homeric age. [ < Hellenistic Greek βατραχομυομαχία < ancient Greek βάτραχο- + μῦς mouse (see mousen.) + -μαχια-machycomb. form. Compare post-classical Latin batrachomyomachia (1572 or earlier), Middle French, French batrachomyomachie (1575 or earlier).]