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butterflier

butterflier noun: one who collects or studies butterflies.

Noun

butterflier (plural butterfliers)

  1. One who collects or studies butterflies.
    • Jeffrey Glassberg is a butterflier, which means that he not only watches butterflies through binoculars, he also keeps records of how many he sees, takes photographs […]1998, Joanne Elizabeth Lauck, The Voice of the Infinite in the Small
    • Many flowering and culinary herbs are attractive to butterflies and well suited for growing in container or garden, virtually anywhere in the world. This year, we elected to try our hand at container herb gardening with a butterflier's twist.2001, Butterfly Gardener, volumes 6-10, page 27
  2. Someone who competes in butterfly swimming.

Forms of butterflier

pluralbutterfliers

Origin of butterflier

From butterfly + -er.

Questions about butterflier

What does butterflier mean?
Butterflier means one who collects or studies butterflies.
What part of speech is butterflier?
Butterflier is a noun.
What is the plural of butterflier?
The plural of butterflier is butterfliers.

Words near butterflier in the dictionary

  1. butterfingered
  2. butterfingers
  3. butterfish
  4. butterfishes
  5. butterflied
  6. butterflier
  7. butterfliers
  8. butterflies
  9. butterflies upon a wheel
  10. butterflies upon wheels
  11. butterflower

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