What does rattlemouse mean?

rattlemouse

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

A bat (the animal).

Obsolete

"the tale of the Rattlemouſe who in the warres proclaimed betweene - the foure footed beaſts , and the birdes, beyng ſent for by Lyon to be at his muſters, excuſed himself for that he was a foule and flew with winges : and beyng ſent for by the Eagle to serue him, sayd that he was a foure footed beaſt[…]"

rattlemice (plural)

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