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chequered skippers

chequered skippers is the plural of chequered skipper.

Meaning of chequered skipper

Noun

chequered skipper (plural chequered skippers)

  1. A brown and orange chequered butterfly, Carterocephalus palaemon, of the family Hesperiidae
    • This summer the chequered skipper, which became extinct in England in 1977, is being returned to the forest of Rockingham in Northamptonshire via specimens from Belgium.2018 April 7, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian

Questions about chequered skippers

What is chequered skippers the plural of?
Chequered skippers is the plural of chequered skipper.

Words near chequered skippers in the dictionary

  1. chequerboards
  2. chequered
  3. chequered flag
  4. chequered flags
  5. chequered skipper
  6. chequered skippers
  7. chequeredness
  8. chequering
  9. chequerings
  10. chequers
  11. Chequers agreement

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