butterfly
- noun
- /ˈbʌtərˌflaɪ/
- I've never seen so many butterflies in my garden ever.
- butterfly wings
- caterpillars and butterflies
- butterflies flutter
Just come by with a butterfly net and scoop them up.
- Just come by with a butterfly net and scoop them up.
- And to his chagrin, sadly, he's watching the butterfly on the branch.
- I've never seen so many butterflies in my garden ever.
- I was just at the butterfly garden, so I saw that.
- It doesn't feel like butterflies, but it is a choice.
- So I've got a little butterfly shape a :) and a heart.
- The fucking motherfucking butterflies have made a colossal comeback.
Examples
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I love sunshine, I love butterflies.
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So it is our very own live butterfly garden.
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We would hang out at Butterfly Beach all day, every day.
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As we're talking now, people are watching the butterfly be born right now.
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Grab that net and catch that beautiful butterfly, pal.
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Sometimes she stops to watch a butterfly hover from flower to flower.
Fiction book (1993) -
They're butterflies from the Brazilian rain forest.
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Students frequently chose either planets or butterflies to express their feelings about friendship and rivalry.
Academic text (1990) -
In the spring, the garden was filled with colorful butterflies fluttering from flower to flower.
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She took a picture of a butterfly landing on the vibrant petals of a tulip.
Synonyms
A small fast butterfly with a thick body often found near flowers
A large bright butterfly with long tails on its back wings
A medium to large butterfly with bright wings and very small front legs
A butterfly with bright wings and very small front legs often not used for walking
A small bright butterfly often with blue, shiny wings
A small butterfly with bright, often blue, wings
Small, thin butterflies that have bright blue, green, or copper upper wings
A large orange and black North American butterfly whose caterpillars eat milkweed
A large bright butterfly with blue or green wings found in Africa and parts of Europe and Asia
A group of very large bright butterflies from New Guinea and nearby islands
A small bright butterfly with orange and black wings that often visits flowers
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
A small flying insect with wide yellow or orange wings
A butterfly with sharp notches on the outer edges of its front wings
A small insect with bright wings whose front legs are very small and folded so it walks on four legs
Idioms
- Informal
An action much stronger than needed against something small and harmless
Compounds
A large orange and black butterfly that travels long distances and whose caterpillars eat milkweed
A small colorful tropical sea fish with a flat body and wide fins, often near coral reefs
- Specialized
A swimming stroke where both arms move forward together and the legs kick like a dolphin
- Specialized
A valve with a flat disc that turns to control or stop the flow of water and air
- Specialized
A small garden plant with thin divided leaves and bright flowers with different colours
A climbing plant with bright blue or purple flowers that people use to make tea and decorate gardens
A flowering plant with colorful, often fragrant flowers that look like butterflies
- Specialized
A medium to large butterfly with bright wings and small front legs not used for walking
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
A butterfly with jagged wing edges and a white mark shaped like a comma under each hind wing
- Specialized
A large tropical butterfly with short front legs and a bad taste that keeps predators away
A large bright butterfly with blue or green wings found in Africa and parts of Europe and Asia
A small insect with bright wings whose front legs are very small and folded so it walks on four legs
A small southern European orchid with pale green and white flowers that smell sweet
A large orange and black North American butterfly whose caterpillars eat milkweed
A European orchid with large dark green flowers that have a faint smell
- Specialized
A medium to large butterfly with bright wings and very small front legs
A small bright butterfly with orange and black wings that often visits flowers
A small white butterfly whose caterpillars eat cabbage and other garden plants
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Butterfly comes from Old English words buttor and fleoge, which mean 'butter' and 'fly'. One idea says people called some yellow butterflies 'butter-fly' or thought they stole butter, and that picture helps explain the name of the colorful insect.