battish

English

Etymology

From bat +‎ -ish.

Adjective

battish (comparative more battish, superlative most battish)

  1. (zoological) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a bat.
    battish wings
    • 1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:
      A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.

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