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butterfly stitches

butterfly stitches is the plural of butterfly stitch.

Meaning of butterfly stitch

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

Questions about butterfly stitches

What is butterfly stitches the plural of?
Butterfly stitches is the plural of butterfly stitch.

Words near butterfly stitches in the dictionary

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

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