vespertilio murinus
NounSynonyms:
frosted bat
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- common Eurasian bat with white-tipped hairs in its coatSynonyms: frosted bat
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“vespertilio murinus” is listed under Rearmouse.
Rear′mouse′, Rere′mouse′ (-mous′), noun
Origin: AS. hrēremūs; probably fr. hrēran to agitate, stir (akin to G. rühren, Icel. hræra) + mūs mouse.
Zoology The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus). [Written also reermouse.]
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54