unwind 6 days ago

In Swedish that is almost exactly what they are called, bat translates to "fladdermus" which is "fladder" (flutter) and "mus" (mouse).

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dllu 5 days ago

Same in German, die Fledermaus. In fact, in English, the word "flittermouse" also means bat [1], although that word is rarely used now.

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flittermouse