Definitions of butterfly

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

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

3. An insect with four brightly colored wings; a gay trifler.

4. The name of an extensive group of beautiful winged insects. so called perh. from the butter- like color of one of the species.

5. A winged insect, developed from a caterpillar.

6. A well- known winged insect, including many species of great beauty, so called, perhaps, from the colour of one species.

7. A common insect with large wings, so called from the colour of a yellow species.