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Skipper (Barbie), a doll, Barbie's younger sister; Skipper (Madagascar), a character in Madagascar and The Penguins of Madagascar; Kill Cruise (German title: Der Skipper), a 1990 film starring Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit and Elizabeth Hurley; Skippers (TV programme), an Irish documentary series; Skipper Riley, a character in the movie Planes
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
Hesperia comma, the silver-spotted skipper or common branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is known as silver-spotted skipper in Europe and common branded skipper in North America where the butterfly Epargyreus clarus , a spread-winged skipper , also has the common name of "silver-spotted skipper".
Lobotractus valeriana, the valeriana skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. [2] It is found in Central America and North America. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Polites peckius (W. Kirby, 1837) – Peck's skipper or yellowpatch skipper; Polites sabuleti (Boisduval, 1852) – sandhill skipper or saltgrass skipper; Polites themistocles (Latreille, 1824) – tawny-edged skipper; The origenes species group: Polites mystic (W.H. Edwards, 1863) – long dash skipper; Polites origenes (Fabricius, 1793 ...
The regent skipper, in addition to the systematic uncertainties that have surrounded it for long, is a rather variable species. Consequently, it has been treated under a variety of names, which are nowadays considered junior synonyms. For example: Euschemon alba Mabille, [1903] Euschemon alboornatus Olliff, 1891; Euschemon viridis Waterhouse, 1932
Heliopetes ericetorum, the northern white-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America in the United States from eastern Washington south to western Colorado , southern California and Arizona , and in Baja California in north-western Mexico.
Hesperia columbia, the Columbian skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] The MONA or Hodges number for Hesperia columbia is 4026. [4]