Definition of Buterfly
But"ter*fly` (&?;), n.; pl.
Butterflies (&?;). [Perh. from the color of a yellow
species. AS. buter-flēge, buttor-fleóge; cf. G.
butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and
Fly.] (Zoöl.) A general name for the numerous
species of diurnal Lepidoptera. [See Illust. under
Aphrodite.]
Asclepias butterfly. See under
Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish
(Zoöl.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris)
of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying
gurnard. -- Butterfly shell (Zoöl.),
a shell of the genus Voluta. -- Butterfly
valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve,
consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in
the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in
shape.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (entomology) A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, usually having colorful/colourful wings.
- A swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet are kicked up and down.
- A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
butterfly tape
- To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly
butterflied shrimp
- To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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