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• Kevin had butterflies in his stomach every time he saw Chrissy.From the entry have butterflies in one's stomach
• The butterfly collection had each specimen labeled with the scientific name on a little piece of paper.From the entry labeled
• The flutter that passed us by was made up of monarch butterflies.From the entry flutter
• It is not known why some butterfly species mudpuddle, but it is well known that they do.From the entry mudpuddle
• I was able to let the butterfly out of the window.From the entry let out
• They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.From the entry release
• In addition to being the obligate food source for monarch caterpillars, milkweeds also provide abundant nectar for the adult butterflies.From the entry obligate
• Nectaring is one of butterflies' favourite activities.From the entry nectar
• A starfish has radial symmetry; a butterfly does not.From the entry radial symmetry
• My heart fluttered like a kaleidoscope of butterflies, accompanied by an ocean of joyful tears.2026, Lyndon Fitzgerald Harris, Forgiveness at Ground Zero: A Journey of Service, Loss, and Redemption After 9/11, Bloomsbury Publishing…. From the entry kaleidoscope
• Cracked porcelain dolls, bows, fluttering butterflies, and ghostly dresses that whisper stories of sorrow and longing.2025 August 20, Sterling Rhyn, “25+ Welwitschia Goth (whimsical emo) Crochet Patterns to Make”, in Cactus Lady Creation, archived from the…. From the entry Welwitschia Goth
• It’s what keeps those butterflies and the desire for more connection alive.2023 August 22, Megan Schaltegger, “Hate to Say It: The "Find My" App Could Be Hurting Your Relationship”, in Cosmopolitan. From the entry butterflies
• Three butterflies means there’s three children of Radika but you think what I’m saying is wild?2023 May 16, worldthatwas, Reddit. From the entry Radika
• Elements such as bows, butterflies, dresses, dolls, and blood are frequent in Welwitschia Goth imagery.2023 August 7, geezylps, Aesthetic August day 6: Welwitschia Goth. From the entry Welwitschia Goth
• Fairycore, for example, incorporates things like soft pastels, butterflies, mushrooms, springtime and a sense of magic.2021 October 9, Melissa Hank, “Gear up for Halloween any witch way you like”, in Edmonton Journal, page E3. From the entry fairycore
• In the left-land Cherkasy region such earrings could be hung over with «butterflies», «wings», and «balls».2019 September 27, Iryna Dunaina, “Women’s Earring Collection in National Historical-Ethnographic Reserve «Pereiaslav»”, in Relevant…. From the entry kopiika
• You often hear about athletes having the jitters before a game, or having butterflies in their stomach.2018 January 16, Rick Wolff, Secrets of Sports Psychology Revealed: Proven Techniques to Elevate Your Performance, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry you
• Butterflies plagued Plante before a game, and shivers buzzled between his shoulder blades.2014, Stephen Smith, Puckstruck. From the entry buzzle
• Piking, she came up doing the stroke she was famous for—the butterfly.2012, Charles Fierro, “Tom”, in Dinkletown Road, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry pike
• Sea butterflies are pteropods: sea snails that swim by flapping pad-like ‘feet’ which have grown into wings.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 284. From the entry sea butterfly
• Meanwhile, the Governor had been working on his own research topic: butterflies.2012, Graham Bound, Fortress Falklands: Life Under Siege in Britain's Last Outpost, Barnsley, England: Pen and Sword Books, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry Falklands fritillary
• He can already smell the anthuria and imagine the confetti of butterfly wings on his cheeks.2008, Randall Peffer, Southern Seahawk: A Novel of the Civil War at Sea, Bleak House Books, →ISBN, page 204. From the entry anthurium
• Butterfly taxonomists, however, like the triple-barrelled name approach and dote on subspecies.2007 March 14, Emma Marris, “The Species and the Specious”, in Nature, number 446. From the entry separate
• As a result, the numbers of ant species and butterfly species are not directly comparable.2007 March 14, Emma Marris, “The Species and the Specious”, in Nature, number 446. From the entry separate
• I'm not a social butterfly and just assume spend my free time studying the teachings of Aradia.2007, Nocholas Hanna, Coven of Rats. From the entry just assume
• Butterflies and moths belong to the insect order Lepidoptera (“leps” for short), which means “scale-wing.”2006, Lori A. Spencer, Don R. Simons, Arkansas Butterflies and Moths, page 3. From the entry lep
• In Maolin, outside Kaohsiung, millions of striped blue crow butterflies create a purplish haze in the forests.2006, David C. King, Taiwan (Enchantment of the World), Children's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 43. From the entry Maolin
• Both the hardy long-distance travelers and the butterfly stay-at-homes face continual danger from predators.2005, Joni Phelps Hunt, “Hiding out & passing for poisonous”, in A Shimmer of Butterflies: The Brief, Brilliant Life of a Magical Insect…. From the entry stay-at-home
• Alexandros kisses her goodbye, a butterfly kiss on the lips, Aloé kisses her the same way.2005, Christos H. Papadimitriou, Turing: A Novel about Computation, page 6. From the entry butterfly kiss
• A butterfly valve, like any restriction in a pipeline, is a source of head loss.2001, American Water Works Association, Butterfly Valves - Torque, Head Loss, and Cavitation, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry head loss
• Holdin' a pretty butterfly too tightsome will only crush its wings so's it can't fly anymore.1997, LaJoyce Martin, The Artist's Quest, page 147. From the entry tightsome
• Ornaments of ash and lava, dust-mouth warblers and mud-caked butterflies, garlandage, accompanied the flight.1996, Dionne Brand, In Another Place, Not Here, page 105. From the entry garlandage

Meaning of butterfly

1. noun A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
2. noun The imago (final form) of such an insect, consisting usually of a long body with large flat wings, as opposed to earlier instars such as caterpillar or pupa.
3. noun A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

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How do you use butterfly in a sentence?

Butterfly is used as a noun and verb. For example: “One potential butterfly could be JFK having another son the year after the POD instead of a daughter.”

What is a short sentence with butterfly?

“butterfly tape; butterfly bandage; butterfly strips”

What does butterfly mean?

Butterfly means a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.