Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

large skipper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: large skip-per
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (64%), the wall brown (37%) and the large skipper' (35%)."

Inflected Forms

large skippers (plural)

Questions

What does large skipper mean?: A small, brown butterfly, Ochlodes sylvanus, of the family Hesperiidae.

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