What is any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight called?
skipper — (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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