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Essex skippers

Essex skippers is the plural of Essex skipper.

Meaning of Essex skipper

Noun

Essex skipper (plural Essex skippers)

  1. A small, bright orange and brown butterfly, Thymelicus lineola, of the family Hesperiidae.
    • The Essex skipper declined by 67% between 2000 and 2009 and the small skipper declined by 62% in the same period. Both species’ caterpillars live on grasses found on field margins.2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian

Questions about Essex skippers

What is Essex skippers the plural of?
Essex skippers is the plural of Essex skipper.

Words near Essex skippers in the dictionary

  1. Essex lion
  2. Essex lions
  3. Essex man
  4. Essex men
  5. Essex skipper
  6. Essex skippers
  7. Essex stile
  8. Essex stiles
  9. Essexian
  10. essexite
  11. essexites

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