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small tortoiseshells

small tortoiseshells is the plural of small tortoiseshell.

Meaning of small tortoiseshell

Noun

small tortoiseshell (plural small tortoiseshells)

  1. The colourful butterfly Aglais urticae, of the family Nymphalidae.
    • 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. […] Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell...2015 November 24, Patrick Barkham, “Pesticide may be reason butterfly numbers are falling in UK, says study”, in The Guardian

Questions about small tortoiseshells

What is small tortoiseshells the plural of?
Small tortoiseshells is the plural of small tortoiseshell.

Words near small tortoiseshells in the dictionary

  1. small stuff
  2. small talk
  3. small text
  4. small time
  5. small tortoiseshell
  6. small tortoiseshells
  7. small town
  8. small townie
  9. small townies
  10. small towns
  11. small ubiquitin-related modifier

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