butterfly

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butterfly[1,noun] butterfly[2,transitive verb] buddleia butterfly bush butterfly chair butterfly effect butterfly fish butterfly valve butterfly weed cabbage butterfly

Main Entry: ¹but·ter·fly
Pronunciation: -"flI
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
1 : any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising the skippers
2 : something that resembles or suggests a butterfly; especially : a person chiefly occupied with the pursuit of pleasure
3 : a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by moving both arms in a circular motion while kicking both legs up and down
4 plural : a feeling of hollowness or queasiness caused especially by emotional or nervous tension or anxious anticipation
5 : a defensive move by a goalie in ice hockey executed by dropping to the knees while spreading the lower legs outward