flittermouse

Which creature used to be known as a flittermouse? 9.

You don't find the politicians and athletes giving names like that to their kids.': Pipistrelle Bat-the smallest and most common of Britain's 14 bat species:Aka: Pipistrellus pipistrellus Length: 5cm Wingspan: 25cm Weight: 9g Eats: Small flying insects Lives: In woodlands, wetlands, grasslands, parks and gardens Flight: Its jerky, erratic flight, flickering its wings rapidly as it chases prey, gave rise to the ancient name for bats - flittermouse

38)--illustrating his points with dialect terms such as "mould-warp" (mole), "flittermouse" (bat), and "windflower" (anemone), claiming that "all these names have been given from close observation, an d are instinct with the poetry of truth" (p.