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butterflies
but·ter·fly B0581600 (bŭt′ər-flī′)n.1. 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.2. A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure: a social butterfly.3. Sports a. 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.b. A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.4. butterflies A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.tr.v. but·ter·flied, but·ter·fly·ing, but·ter·flies To cut and spread open and flat, as shrimp.
[Middle English butterflye, from Old English butorflēoge : butor, butere, butter; see butter + flēoge, fly; see fly2.]butterflies (ˈbʌtəˌflaɪz) pl ninformal tremors in the stomach region due to nervousnessButterfliesSee also insects.
Lepidopteraan order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that as adults have four membranous wings more or less covered with scales. — lepidopterous, lepidopteral, adj.lepidopterologya branch of zoology that studies butterflies and moths. — lepidopterist, n.IdiomsSeebutterflybutterflies
butterfliesColor imperfections in lime-putty finish. If unscreened lime has lumps which are not broken up in mixing, white spots occur in the finish as the lumps break down in troweling the plaster on the wall. butterfly See butterfly wedge.FinancialSeeButterfly |