skipper
/ˈskɪp.ɚ/ sustantivo C2En español: hespérido, hesperíido
- A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
- One who jumps rope.
- Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
- Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
- The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
Plural skippers
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As I have said, I am the skipper of the Rugger team of Cambridge ’Varsity, and Godfrey Staunton is my best man.
He was a sportsman, was Godfrey, down to his marrow, and he wouldn’t have stopped his training and let in his skipper if it were not for some cause that was too strong for him.
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