| Pronunciation: | | 'butur`flI
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| Matching Terms: | | butterflower, butterfly bush, butterfly collector, butterfly common lisp, butterfly effect, butterfly fish, butterfly flower, butterfly orchid, butterfly orchis, butterfly pea, butterfly plant, butterfly ray, butterfly scheme, butterfly stroke, butterfly valve, butterfly weed, butterflyfish
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
- [n] diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- [v] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
- [v] cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"
- [v] flutter like a butterfly
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| | Synonyms: | | butterfly stroke, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
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| | See Also: | | brush-footed butterfly, danaid, danaid butterfly, dart, dolphin kick, fleet, flit, flutter, four-footed butterfly, lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect, lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, open, pierid, pierid butterfly, speak, spread, spread out, sulfur butterfly, sulphur butterfly, swimming stroke, talk, unfold, vamp, wanton |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \But"ter*fly`\, n.; pl. {Butterflies}. [Perh. from the
color of a yellow species. AS. buter-fl[=e]ge,
buttor-fle['o]ge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See
{Butter}, and {Fly}.] (Zo["o]l.)
A general name for the numerous species of diurnal
Lepidoptera.
Note: [See Illust. under {Aphrodite}.]
{Asclepias butterfly}. See under {Asclepias}.
{Butterfly fish} (Zo["o]l.), the ocellated blenny ({Blennius
ocellaris}) of Europe. See {Blenny}. The term is also
applied to the flying gurnard.
{Butterfly shell} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of a butterfly indicates your need to settle down. Butterflies also means creativity, romance, joy and spirituality. You may be undergoing a transformation into a new way of thinking.
Dreaming of a beautiful colorful butterfly indicates the positive impression you will make at a future social gathering. |
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