"small tortoiseshell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: small tortoiseshells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} small tortoiseshell (plural small tortoiseshells)
  1. The colourful butterfly Aglais urticae, of the family Nymphalidae. Wikipedia link: small tortoiseshell Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies Translations (butterfly): papallona de les ortigues [feminine] (Catalan), babočka kopřivová [feminine] (Czech), kleine vos [masculine] (Dutch), nokkosperhonen (Finnish), Kleiner Fuchs [masculine] (German), ruán beag [masculine] (Irish), крапи́вница обыкнове́нная (krapívnica obyknovénnaja) [feminine] (Russian), крапи́вница (krapívnica) [feminine] (Russian), babôčka pŕhľavová (Slovak), nässelfjäril [common-gender] (Swedish), сонцевик кропив'яний (soncevyk kropyvʺjanyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), trilliw bach [masculine] (Welsh)

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