A flittermouse is an archaic name for which animal?
Bat of many pathogens, such as rabies; and since they are highly mobile, social, and long-lived, they can readily spread disease. In many cultures, bats are popularly associated with darkness, malevolence, witchcraft, vampires, and death. An older English name for bats is flittermouse, which matches their name in other Germanic languages (for example German "Fledermaus" and Swedish "fladdermus"), related to the fluttering of wings. Middle English had "bakke", most likely cognate with Old Swedish "natbakka" ("night-bat"), which may have undergone a shift from "-k-" to "-t-" (to Modern English "bat") influenced by Latin "blatta", "moth, nocturnal insect". The word "bat" was
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