Meanings
nounwall brown (plural wall browns)
plural wall browns
- An orange and brown butterfly (Lasiommata megera), of the family Nymphalidae.
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 GuardianSynonyms: wall
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn orange and brown butterfly (Lasiommata megera), of the family Nymphalidae.
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Translations
Finnish ruostepapurikko
- ruostepapurikkobutterfly
French mégère
- mégèrebutterfly
Russian бурогла́зка меге́ра, краегла́зка меге́ра
- бурогла́зка меге́ра (buroglázka megéra)butterfly
- краегла́зка меге́ра (krajeglázka megéra)butterfly
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wall brown. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20brown
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“wall brown.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20brown. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wall brown,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wall%20brown.
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