| Engl. | bat | bat, 16.2; a moth; wattle ð6.3.19.; bat: swinging stick; (verb) blink the eyes |
| Engl.: n.York. | bats | dark specks which appear floating before the eye when the sight is impaired; (slang) insane |
| Engl. | grassbat | grasshopper |
| Engl. | bate | to beat the wings, flutter |
| Engl.: Lanc. | bat | to beat the wings |
| Engl.reg. | bitbat | bat |
| Engl. | beat | to strike violently |
| Franç. | batifoler | to romp, lark |
| Franç. | battre | to shake, give blows, etc. |
| Franç.: Bray | battemare | White Wagtail, 313 |
| Franç. | bateleur | acrobat; an African eagle known for its acrobatic flight |
| Germ.reg. | battervogel | butterfly |
| Engl. | butterfly | butterfly. For kinetic origin of this name, see Oehl, W. Misc.ling.dedicataaH.Schuchardt. Genève, 1922, p. 104. No kin to "butter" |
| Franç. | buter | to hit; bouter to toss |
| Ital. | buttare | Span. botar to toss, throw |