butterfly

[But·ter*fly`]

A butterfly is a flying insect with a small body and large, often colorful wings. Some gardeners plant specific flowers that attract butterflies.

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A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Noun
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

Noun
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

Verb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

Verb
cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"

Verb
flutter like a butterfly

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n.
A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.


Butterfly

But"ter*fly` , n.; pl. Butterflies . [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-fl'c7ge, buttor-fle'a2ge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly.] (Zo'94l.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. [See Illust. under Aphrodite.] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish (Zo'94l.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. -- Butterfly shell (Zo'94l.), a shell of the genus Voluta. -- Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.

A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

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Usage Examples

I like to read books and be alone I'm not social butterfly person.

I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.

What's a butterfly garden without butterflies?

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

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Other Usage Examples

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred.

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