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butterfly strokes

butterfly strokes is the plural of butterfly stroke.

Meaning of butterfly stroke

Noun

butterfly stroke (plural butterfly strokes)

  1. A swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet are kicked up and down.
    • As you begin to integrate butterfly into your workouts, begin with two to four full butterfly strokes from the wall, then swim easy freestyle for the remainder of the length.2009, Jim Montgomery, Mo Chambers, “Butterfly”, in Mastering Swimming, →ISBN, page 56

Questions about butterfly strokes

What is butterfly strokes the plural of?
Butterfly strokes is the plural of butterfly stroke.

Words near butterfly strokes in the dictionary

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

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