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large skippers

large skippers is the plural of large skipper.

Meaning of large skipper

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

Questions about large skippers

What is large skippers the plural of?
Large skippers is the plural of large skipper.

Words near large skippers in the dictionary

  1. large quasar groups
  2. large scale
  3. large scale integration
  4. large seal script
  5. large skipper
  6. large skippers
  7. large toe
  8. large toe nail
  9. large toe nails
  10. large toe-nail
  11. large toe-nails

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