butterfly meaning
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[ˈbʌtə(ɹ)flaɪ] [ˈbʌɾɚflaɪ] [ˈbʌtəflaɪ] [-aɪ] 
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- Butterflies are part of the class of insects in the order Lepidoptera. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.
- Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some, like the Monarch, will migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have parasitic relationships with organisms including protozoans, flies, ants, other invertebrates, and vertebrates.
- NounPLbutterfliesPREbut-
- A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
- (now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
- The butterfly stroke.
- A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
- butterfly tape
- A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
- VerbSGbutterfliesPRbutterflyingPT, PPbutterflied
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Any law-abiding person gets stomach butterflies when pulled over for running a yellow light And going to traffic court can bring on a case of the sweats.
- Kevin had butterflies in his stomach every time he saw Chrissy.
- Minimize your therblig until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime—and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Perhaps the most exciting area in evolution is in exploring how rewiring the circuitry of genes produces different arthropod appendages, or wingspots on butterflies.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of butterfly in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "butterfly" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.