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large skipper

large skipper noun: a small, brown butterfly, Ochlodes sylvanus, of the family Hesperiidae.

Noun

large skipper (plural large skippers)

  1. 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 of large skipper

plurallarge skippers

Questions about large skipper

What does large skipper mean?
Large skipper means a small, brown butterfly, Ochlodes sylvanus, of the family Hesperiidae.
What part of speech is large skipper?
Large skipper is a noun.
What is the plural of large skipper?
The plural of large skipper is large skippers.

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