Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chequered skipper

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: che-quered skip-per
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brown and orange chequered butterfly, Carterocephalus palaemon, of the family Hesperiidae

Example Sentences

"This summer the chequered skipper, which became extinct in England in 1977, is being returned to the forest of Rockingham in Northamptonshire via specimens from Belgium."

Inflected Forms

chequered skippers (plural)

Questions

What does chequered skipper mean?: A brown and orange chequered butterfly, Carterocephalus palaemon, of the family Hesperiidae

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