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small tortoiseshell

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The colourful butterfly Aglais urticae, of the family Nymphalidae.

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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: papallona de les ortigues — butterfly
  • Czech: babočka kopřivová — butterfly
  • Dutch: kleine vos — butterfly
  • Finnish: nokkosperhonen — butterfly
  • German: Kleiner Fuchs — butterfly
  • Irish: ruán beag — butterfly
  • Japanese: 小緋縅 (kohiodoshi) — butterfly
  • Polish: rusałka pokrzywnik — butterfly
  • Russian: крапи́вница обыкнове́нная (krapívnica obyknovénnaja) — butterfly
  • Russian: крапи́вница (krapívnica) — butterfly
  • Slovak: babôčka pŕhľavová — butterfly
  • Swedish: nässelfjäril — butterfly
  • Udmurt: гордбубыли (gordbubyľi) — butterfly
  • Ukrainian: сонцевик кропив'яний (soncevyk kropyvʺjanyj) — butterfly
  • Welsh: trilliw bach — butterfly