What does Butterfly mean?
Definitions for Butterfly
ˈbʌt ərˌflaɪbut·ter·f·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Butterfly.
Princeton's WordNet
butterflynoun
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
butterfly, butterfly strokeverb
a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
butterflyverb
flutter like a butterfly
butterflyverb
cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
"butterflied shrimp"
chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb
talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
Wiktionary
butterflynoun
A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
butterflynoun
Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
butterflynoun
The butterfly stroke.
butterflynoun
A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
butterfly tape
butterflyverb
To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
butterflyverb
To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Butterflynoun
A beautiful insect, so named because it first appears at the beginning of the season for butter.
Etymology: butterflege, Saxon.
Eftsoons that damsel, by her heav’nly might,
She turned into a winged butterfly,
In the wide air to make her wand’ring flight. Edmund Spenser.Tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies; and hear poor rogues
Talk of court news. William Shakespeare, King Lear.And so befel, that as he cast his eye
Among the colworts on a butterfly,
He saw false Reynard. John Dryden, Fables.That which seems to be a powder upon the wings of a butterfly, is an innumerable company of extreme small feathers, not to be discerned without a microscope. Nehemiah Grew.
Wikipedia
Butterfly
Butterfly is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources. This was a pseudonym of Anthony Mammarella, producer of American Bandstand. The original recording of the song by Charlie Gracie reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart, No. 10 on the R&B chart and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957. A cover version by Andy Williams also reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 1957. Williams' version also reached No. 1 the UK in May 1957, where it spent two weeks, and also reached No. 14 on the US R&B chart.
ChatGPT
butterfly
A butterfly is an insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera, known for their large, often brightly colored wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. They have four stages of life; egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and adult. The adult butterfly has a small body, long antennae, and is typically covered in tiny scales. Butterflies are often associated with flowers as they feed on nectar and play an important role in pollination.
Webster Dictionary
Butterflynoun
a general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera
Wikidata
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies, the skippers and the moth-butterflies. All the many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths. The earliest known butterfly fossils date to the mid Eocene epoch, 40–50 million years ago. Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some, like the Monarch, will migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Some species are pests because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees; however, some species are agents of pollination of some plants, and caterpillars of a few butterflies eat harmful insects. Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts.
Editors Contribution
butterfly
A type of insect.
Butterflies are so beautiful to watch as they dance together in pairs.
Submitted by MaryC on April 15, 2020
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BUTTERFLY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Butterfly is ranked #133048 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Butterfly surname appeared 127 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Butterfly.
77.1% or 98 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
16.5% or 21 total occurrences were White.
4.7% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Butterfly' in Nouns Frequency: #2800
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Anagrams for Butterfly »
flutterby
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Butterfly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Butterfly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Butterfly in a Sentence
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; I got Parkinson’s, it ain’t got me.
This is a tremendous success story – to go from nearly extinct to on the road to recovery, we’ve only reached this point of being able to downlist because of successful partnerships with landowners, conservation agencies, businesses, other agencies, and the work of our national wildlife refuges to conserve Fender’s butterfly.
It's interesting to reaffirm that what people have been thinking for nearly 100 years is true, that this was a species driven to extinction by human activities, when this butterfly was collected 93 years ago, nobody was thinking about sequencing its DNA. That's why we have to keep collecting, for researchers 100 years in the future.
I managed to find [a butterfly] that was the same size and shape that could work.
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- ababangChamorro
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- liblikasEstonian
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- firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglurFaroese
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