~ BAT   id+ FLYING MOUSE or in 
            rus LETUSHCHAIA MYSH 
        id+ IT THAT FLIES or FLUTTERS AT NIGHT 
        id+ THAT USED TO STRIKE REPEATEDLY 
  from old eng BATT BATTE pointing to 
  eng   BEAT         as in 
        BATTERY      for BEATING REATEDLY  
        BATON        and 
        BASTON       STICKS to direct or 
                     WALKING STICK as in CANE  
        BATTEN       narrow sawn STRIP of TIMBER etc 
  lat   BATTERE      or 
        BATUERE      pointing toward 
  eng   BATTLE       and 
       COMBAT 
       DEBATE 
        ABATE 
  fr    ABBATOIR     SLAUGHTER HOUSE  
  sp    ABATIR       TO MAKE FALL or KILL 
  note               further implications 
  lat   VESPERTILIO  CREATURE THAT FLUTTERS or FLIES 
                     DURING EVENINGS 
        VESPER       EVENING and name of the 
                     EVENING STAR 
  lat   CLAVA        a BAT used in BATTING GAMES  
      MURCIELAGO     BAT the mammal 
                     derived from a metathesis from    
      MURCIEGO       MOUSE and BLIND 
      MUR            re MICE 
         CIEGO       or 
         CEGUERA     BLINDNESS 
  lat MUS            MOUSE or RAT 
      MUSCULUS       diminutive of MUS or  
  eng MUSCLE         see> specific entry  
  id+ MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS UNDER THE SKIN are like 
      SMALL MICE RUNNING ABOUT 
  sp  MUSLO          THIGH or the MUSCULAR AREA OF THE LEG 
  ger FLEDERMAUS     BAT or see below biol>  
      FLUG           FLIGHT 
            MAUS     MOUSE 
  rus                FLYING MOUSE 
  note               contrast with  
  ukr LYLYK          and  
      KAZHAN         BAT  also
      LELECZIA       DRAGON FLY and related 
      LELITY         TWINKLE GLISTEN GLIMMER  
      LELEKA         STORK 
  id+ FLUTTER FLIGHT FLYING   
  biol>   BAT is a flying MAMMAL from the ORDER CHIROPTERA 
          implies CHIRO = HAND and PTERON = WING and 
  GENERALLY ECHO LOCATING INSECTIVORES BELONGING TO OVER 
  1200 SPECIES or 20% OF ALL MAMMALS 
  considerable simimlitud with FLYING LEMURS
  note FLYING SQUIRRELS do not FLY BUT GLIDE  
  note BATS ARE VITAL TO SUSTAIN A BALANCED ECOLOGY 
  see> MUSCLE 
  see> THIGH 
  
 
  
       
 
 
~