Noun: reremouse
| Singular | reremouse |
| Plural | reremice |
Sample Sentences
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Argent, a reremouse sable,[…] [1923, Notes and Queries, page 299:]
Nouns inflected like reremouse
painted bristly mouse,
rock mouse,
creepmouse,
dust mouse,
reermouse,
bark louse,
greater big-footed mouse,
hopping mouse,
leaf louse,
Mitchell's hopping mouse,
chicken louse,
chewing louse,
mermouse,
flying mouse,
shrewmouse,
yellow-necked field mouse,
desert mouse,
flickermouse,
fish louse,
clit mouse, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English reremous, from Old English hrēremūs, hrœ̄remūs (“bat”). Related to rear (“to move, shake, stir”). See: Middle English Nouns '
reremous', Old English Nouns '
hrēremūs'.