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small skippers

small skippers is the plural of small skipper.

Meaning of small skipper

Noun

small skipper (plural small skippers)

  1. A small, bright orange and brown butterfly, Thymelicus sylvestris, of the family Hesperiidae.
    • Researchers found that 15 of 17 species which commonly live on farmland – including the small tortoiseshell, small skipper and wall butterfly – show declines associated with increasing neonic use. […] The Essex skipper declined by 67% between 2000 and 2009 and the small skipper declined by 62% in...2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian

Questions about small skippers

What is small skippers the plural of?
Small skippers is the plural of small skipper.

Words near small skippers in the dictionary

  1. small science
  2. small screen
  3. small seal script
  4. small shellies
  5. small skipper
  6. small skippers
  7. small sky
  8. small slam
  9. small slams
  10. small Solar System bodies
  11. small Solar System body

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