1. a bat
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The old poem spoke of a reremouse flitting through the moonlit sky.
• In medieval literature, the reremouse was often mentioned alongside other nocturnal creatures.
• The reremouse hung upside down from the cave ceiling.
• Children were frightened by tales of the mysterious reremouse.
• The naturalist’s journal described the reremouse as a creature of the night.