large skipper

noun

A small, brown butterfly, Ochlodes sylvanus, of the family Hesperiidae.

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Meanings

nounlarge skipper (plural large skippers)

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

Translations

Hungarian erdei busalepke
  • erdei busalepkebutterfly
Russian толстоголо́вка-лесови́к, толстоголо́вка Фавн
  • толстоголо́вка-лесови́к (tolstogolóvka-lesovík)butterfly
  • толстоголо́вка Фавн (tolstogolóvka Favn)butterfly
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APA

large skipper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/large%20skipper

MLA

“large skipper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/large%20skipper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “large skipper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/large%20skipper.

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