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butterfly stitch

butterfly stitch noun: a narrow adhesive strip that is used to close the edges of small wounds.

Noun

butterfly stitch (plural butterfly stitches)

  1. (especially, plural) A narrow adhesive strip that is used to close the edges of small wounds
  2. A knitting pattern in which slip stitches are used to represent a butterfly's wings

Forms of butterfly stitch

pluralbutterfly stitches

Questions about butterfly stitch

What does butterfly stitch mean?
Butterfly stitch means a narrow adhesive strip that is used to close the edges of small wounds.
What part of speech is butterfly stitch?
Butterfly stitch is a noun.
What is the plural of butterfly stitch?
The plural of butterfly stitch is butterfly stitches.

Words near butterfly stitch in the dictionary

  1. butterfly roof
  2. butterfly roofs
  3. butterfly skin
  4. butterfly sleeve
  5. butterfly sleeves
  6. butterfly stitch
  7. butterfly stitches
  8. butterfly stroke
  9. butterfly strokes
  10. butterfly syringe
  11. butterfly syringes

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