"large skipper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: large skippers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} large skipper (plural large skippers)
  1. A small, brown butterfly, Ochlodes sylvanus, of the family Hesperiidae. Wikipedia link: large skipper Categories (lifeform): Skippers Translations (butterfly): erdei busalepke (Hungarian)

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