Butterfly
Word | BUTTERFLY |
Character | 9 |
Hyphenation | but ter fly |
Pronunciations | /ˈbʌtə(ɹ)flaɪ/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Butterfly"
What do we mean by butterfly?
Any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, having four broad, usually colorful wings, and generally distinguished from the moths by having a slender body and knobbed antennae and being active during the day. noun
A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure. noun
A swimming stroke in which a swimmer lying face down draws both arms upward out of the water, thrusts them forward, and draws them back under the water in an hourglass design while performing a dolphin kick. noun
A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum. noun
A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation. noun
To cut and spread open and flat, as shrimp. transitive verb
A local name for a mussel, Plagiola securis, found in the Mississippi river: so called from the shape of the valves. The shell is used in the pearl-button industry. noun
The common English name of any diurnal lepidopterous insect; especially, one of the rhopalocerous Lepidoptera, corresponding to the old Linnean genus Papilio, called distinctively the butterflies. See Diurna, Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera, and Papilio. noun
Figuratively, a person whose attention is given up to a variety of trifles of any kind; one incapable of steady application; a showily dressed, vain, and giddy person. noun
A kind of flat made-up neck-tie. noun
An herb otherwise called ragwort. Kersey, 1708. noun
A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. noun
See under Asclepias. noun
The ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. noun
A shell of the genus Voluta. noun
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. noun
A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed. noun
To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly. verb
To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it. verb
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
The butterfly stroke.
(in plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
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