BUTTERFLY
\bˈʌtəflˌa͡ɪ], \bˈʌtəflˌaɪ], \b_ˈʌ_t_ə_f_l_ˌaɪ]\
Definitions of BUTTERFLY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
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cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"
By Princeton University
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talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
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cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. Papilio, a day-flying lepidopterous insect. 2. Any structure, apparatus, or lesion resembling in shape a butterfly with outstretched wings, i.e., having two lateral masses with a narrow band of union.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The name of an extensive group of beautiful winged insects. so called perh. from the butter-like color of one of the species.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A well-known winged insect, including many species of great beauty, so called, perhaps, from the colour of one species.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. A lepidopterous insect of the family Papilio;—an inconstant person.
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