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butterfly
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 skippers2: something that resembles or suggests a butterfly
; especially : a person chiefly occupied with the pursuit of pleasure3: a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by moving both arms in a circular motion while kicking both legs up and down4plural : a feeling of hollowness or queasiness caused especially by emotional or nervous tension or anxious anticipation5: a defensive move by a goalie in ice hockey executed by dropping to the knees while spreading the lower legs outward
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