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the birds flittered back and forth between the backyard feeder and the safety of the trees
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And what better way to celebrate spring than walking through an atrium flittering with colorful butterflies?
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How about hexagonal gridding that evokes a honeycomb forged by flittering bees?
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But few have paid attention to the moths, hover flies, beetles, and countless other insects that buzz and flitter through the warm months.
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Origin and Etymology of flitter
frequentative of flit
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First Known Use: 15th century
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