(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:29:32

Rear"mouse`, Rere"mouse` (?), n. [AS. hr&emac;rem&umac;s; probably fr. hr&emac;ran to agitate, stir (akin to G. ruhren, Icel. hraera) + m&umac;s mouse.] Zool.

The leather-winged bat (Vespertilio murinus).

[Written also reermouse.]

 

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