large skipper en · NOUN
Meanings
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A small, brown butterfly, Ochlodes sylvanus, of the family Hesperiidae.
Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper' (35%).
2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| large skippers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
hu erdei busalepke (butterfly) · ru толстоголо́вка-лесови́к (butterfly) · ru толстоголо́вка Фавн (butterfly)