speckled wood

British  

noun

1. a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots

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Example Sentences

Species which have declined since last year and over the long term include ringlet, common blue and speckled wood, according to the research.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

It said there had been particularly low numbers of speckled wood butterflies, while small tortoiseshells, commas, green-veined whites, large whites and red admirals are also down on their 10-year average.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2021

The speckled wood has been spreading northwards since 1940.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2015

Besides which, here are dye-woods, as fustick, etc. with woods for other uses, as speckled wood, Brazil, etc.

From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William

The freckles, thick on her face and arms, made her look more like a poor little brown speckled wood thrush wearing a bonnet and being dragged along by one wing.

From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Smith, Jewell Ellen