small tortoiseshell

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small tortoiseshell

noun small tortoiseshells

  1. The colourful butterfly Aglais urticae, of the family Nymphalidae. Researchers found that 15 of 17 species which commonly live on farmland – including the small tortoiseshell, small skipper and wall butterfly – show declines associated with increasing neonic use. […] Other common farmland butterflies to have suffered steep declines include the small tortoiseshell (

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noun butterfly

日本語小緋縅 kohiodoshi
DeutschKleiner Fuchs
Русскийкрапи́вница обыкнове́нная krapívnica obyknovénnaja, крапи́вница krapívnica

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@misc{small_tortoiseshell_2026,
  title = {small tortoiseshell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/small%20tortoiseshell},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}