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Flitterbat

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flittermousenoun(now chiefly dialectal) A bat (a flying mammal).
flindermousenoun(obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
fluttermousenoun(archaic) The bat (a flying mammal).
flitternounA fluttering movement
ghost batnounAn Australian bat, Macroderma gigas, with grey to white fur, long narrow wings, and sharp teeth.
flying foxnounA large Australasian bat, of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon in the family Pteropodidae, having a fox-like face.
pipistrellenounAny of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.
night-batnoun(now only Caribbean) A (night-flying) bat.
flutterbynoun(childish or Northumbria) Spoonerism of butterfly
titterelnoun(UK, dialect, obsolete) A bird, the whimbrel.
fox-batnounflying fox (type of bat)
pipistrelnounAlternative form of pipistrelle. [Any of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.]
flutterernounAny of various dragonflies of the genus Rhyothemis.
rattlemousenoun(obsolete) A bat (the animal).
fly-by-nightnoun(idiomatic, derogatory) A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience.
chiropternounA member of the order Chiroptera, a bat
fruitbatnounAlternative spelling of fruit bat. [Any of several tropical fruit-eating bats of the family Pteropodidae; a megabat.]
harpy batnounA small insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia); the lesser hairy-winged bat.
clapenounA bird, the northern flicker.
bat ticknounAny of various wingless dipterous insects that are parasitic to bats, such as some in genus Argas

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