butterfly | (n) diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
butterfly | (n) a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down, Syn. butterfly stroke |
butterfly | (v) flutter like a butterfly |
butterfly | (v) cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking |
butterfly bush | (n) tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers, Syn. buddleia |
butterfly effect | (n) the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago |
butterfly fish | (n) small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide |
butterfly flower | (n) any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers, Syn. schizanthus, poor man's orchid |
butterfly flower | (n) shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple, Syn. Bauhinia monandra |
butterfly orchid | (n) any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids |
butterfly orchid | (n) Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip, Syn. butterfly orchis, Epidendrum venosum, Encyclia venosa |
butterfly orchid | (n) orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers; sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum, Syn. Encyclia tampensis, Epidendrum tampense |
butterfly orchid | (n) Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip, Syn. butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae |
butterfly pea | (n) large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers, Syn. Clitoria mariana |
butterfly pea | (n) large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers, Syn. Centrosema virginianum |
butterfly plant | (n) orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red, Syn. Phalaenopsis amabilis |
butterfly ray | (n) a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin |
butterfly-shaped | (adj) shaped like a butterfly |
butterfly valve | (n) a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
butterfly weed | (n) erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers, Syn. tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa, pleurisy root, chigger flower, chiggerflower, orange milkweed |
cabbage butterfly | (n) white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
emperor butterfly | (n) large richly colored butterfly, Syn. emperor |
greater butterfly orchid | (n) south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria, Syn. Habenaria chlorantha, Platanthera chlorantha |
lesser butterfly orchid | (n) south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Habenaria, Syn. Habenaria bifolia, Platanthera bifolia |
southern cabbage butterfly | (n) common North American form of cabbage butterfly, Syn. Pieris protodice |
sulphur butterfly | (n) any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies, Syn. sulfur butterfly |
blue pea | (n) vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers, Syn. Clitoria turnatea, butterfly pea |
chat up | (v) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions, Syn. flirt, coquette, romance, philander, dally, butterfly, coquet, mash |
comma | (n) anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing, Syn. comma butterfly, Polygonia comma |
danaid | (n) large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste, Syn. danaid butterfly |
flying gurnard | (n) tropical fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins, Syn. flying robin, butterflyfish |
hairstreak | (n) small butterflies having striped markings under the wings, Syn. hairstreak butterfly |
lepidopterist | (n) an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths, Syn. butterfly collector, lepidopterologist |
lycaenid | (n) any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae, Syn. lycaenid butterfly |
monarch | (n) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed, Syn. Danaus plexippus, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly |
mourning cloak | (n) of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders, Syn. Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa, mourning cloak butterfly |
nymphalid | (n) medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast, Syn. nymphalid butterfly, four-footed butterfly, brush-footed butterfly |
oncidium | (n) any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants, Syn. butterfly orchid, dancing lady orchid, butterfly plant |
peacock | (n) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot, Syn. Inachis io, peacock butterfly |
pierid | (n) any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs, Syn. pierid butterfly |
ringlet | (n) any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae, Syn. ringlet butterfly |
tortoiseshell | (n) brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles, Syn. tortoiseshell butterfly |
wing nut | (n) a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning, Syn. butterfly nut, wing screw, wing-nut, thumbnut |
Butterfly | n.; pl. Butterflies [ Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flēge, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. ] (Zool.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. [ See Illust. under Aphrodite. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish (Zool.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. -- Butterfly shell (Zool.), a shell of the genus Voluta. -- Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]
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butterflyfish | n. tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins. Syn. -- flying gurnard, flying robin. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
cabbage butterfly | (Zoöl.), a white butterfly (Pieris rapæ of both Europe and America, and the allied Pieris oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See also Cabbage worm, below. [ 1913 Webster ] |
monarch butterfly | n. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
Sea butterfly | (Zool.) A pteropod. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Troilus butterfly | A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear; -- also called troilus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
蝴蝶 | [hú dié, ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ, 蝴 蝶] butterfly #8,180 [Add to Longdo] |
蝶 | [dié, ㄉㄧㄝˊ, 蝶] butterfly #8,210 [Add to Longdo] |
蝶泳 | [dié yǒng, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄥˇ, 蝶 泳] butterfly stroke (swimming) #35,866 [Add to Longdo] |
蛱 | [jiá, ㄐㄧㄚˊ, 蛱 / 蛺] butterfly #50,573 [Add to Longdo] |
牵一发而动全身 | [qiān yī fā ér dòng quán shēn, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧ ㄈㄚ ㄦˊ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄕㄣ, 牵 一 发 而 动 全 身 / 牽 一 髮 而 動 全 身] lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves; fig. a slight change will affect everything else; the butterfly effect #56,355 [Add to Longdo] |
蝴 | [hú, ㄏㄨˊ, 蝴] butterfly #79,084 [Add to Longdo] |
庄周梦蝶 | [zhuāng zhōu mèng dié, ㄓㄨㄤ ㄓㄡ ㄇㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ, 庄 周 梦 蝶 / 莊 周 夢 蝶] Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?) #162,433 [Add to Longdo] |
蜨 | [dié, ㄉㄧㄝˊ, 蜨] butterfly [Add to Longdo] |
蝴蝶效应 | [hú dié xiào yìng, ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄥˋ, 蝴 蝶 效 应 / 蝴 蝶 效 應] the butterfly effect (leading to chaotic dynamics) [Add to Longdo] |
蝴蝶犬 | [hú dié quǎn, ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄑㄩㄢˇ, 蝴 蝶 犬] papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears) [Add to Longdo] |
蝶类 | [dié lèi, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄟˋ, 蝶 类 / 蝶 類] butterfly (family) [Add to Longdo] |
鸳鸯蝴蝶 | [yuān yang hú dié, ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ˙ ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ, 鸳 鸯 蝴 蝶 / 鴛 鴦 蝴 蝶] Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds); derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 [Add to Longdo] |
鸳鸯蝴蝶派 | [yuān yang hú dié pài, ㄩㄢ ㄧㄤ˙ ㄏㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄆㄞˋ, 鸳 鸯 蝴 蝶 派 / 鴛 鴦 蝴 蝶 派] Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists [Add to Longdo] |
蝶 | [ちょう, chou] (n) butterfly; (P) #5,733 [Add to Longdo] |
バタフライ | [batafurai] (n) (1) butterfly (swimming stroke); (2) type of G-string; (P) #14,639 [Add to Longdo] |
せせり蝶;挵蝶(oK) | [せせりちょう;セセリチョウ, seserichou ; seserichou] (n) (uk) skipper butterfly [Add to Longdo] |
アウロノカラヤコブフライベルギ | [auronokarayakobufuraiberugi] (n) fairy cichlid (species of peacock cichlid, Aulonocara jacobfreibergi); Malawi butterfly [Add to Longdo] |
アオタテジマチョウチョウウオ | [aotatejimachouchouuo] (n) bluestriped butterflyfish (Chaetodon frembii) [Add to Longdo] |
アサリウスバタフライフィッシュ;ウェストオーストラリアンバタフライフィッシュ | [asariusubatafuraifisshu ; uesutoo-sutorarianbatafuraifisshu] (n) West Australian butterflyfish (Chaetodon assarius); Assarius butterflyfish; Western butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
アフリカンバタフライフィッシュ | [afurikanbatafuraifisshu] (n) African butterflyfish (Chaetodon dolosus) [Add to Longdo] |
アポロ薄羽白蝶 | [アポロうすばしろちょう, aporo usubashirochou] (n) parnassian butterfly [Add to Longdo] |
アミチョウチョウウオ | [amichouchouuo] (n) latticed butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesii, species found in the Indo-Pacific) [Add to Longdo] |
アミメチョウチョウウオ | [amimechouchouuo] (n) pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus, Western Pacific species found from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands); Philippines chevron butterflyfish; orange butterflyfish; netted butterflyfish; yellow-tailed butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
アラビアンバタフライフィッシュ | [arabianbatafuraifisshu] (n) Arabian butterflyfish (Chaetodon melapterus); blackfin butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
アンフィカエトドン属 | [アンフィカエトドンぞく, anfikaetodon zoku] (n) Amphichaetodon (genus of butterflyfishes in the family Chaetodontidae) [Add to Longdo] |
イースターアイランドバタフライフィッシュ;ホワイトティップバタフライフィッシュ | [i-suta-airandobatafuraifisshu ; howaitoteippubatafuraifisshu] (n) Easter Island butterflyfish (Chaetodon litus); white-tip butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
イーストパシフィックバタフライフィッシュ;スリーバンディッドバタフライフィッシュ | [i-sutopashifikkubatafuraifisshu ; suri-bandeiddobatafuraifisshu] (n) threebanded butterflyfish (Chaetodon humeralis) [Add to Longdo] |
イエロークラウンドバタフライフィッシュ | [iero-kuraundobatafuraifisshu] (n) yellow-crowned butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavocoronatus) [Add to Longdo] |
イエローティアドロップバタフライフィッシュ | [iero-teiadoroppubatafuraifisshu] (n) yellow teardrop butterflyfish (Chaetodon interruptus) [Add to Longdo] |
イエローヘッドバタフライフィッシュ | [iero-heddobatafuraifisshu] (n) yellowhead butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthocephalus) [Add to Longdo] |
イクスキジットバタフライフィッシュ;コウカイミスジ;レッドシーメロンバタフライフィッシュ | [ikusukijittobatafuraifisshu ; koukaimisuji ; reddoshi-meronbatafuraifisshu] (n) blacktail butterflyfish (Chaetodon austriacus); exquisite butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
イッテンチョウチョウウオ | [ittenchouchouuo] (n) teardrop butterflyfish (Chaetodon unimaculatus); teardrop coralfish; one-spot butterfly [Add to Longdo] |
インディアンゴールドバードバタフライフィッシュ | [indeiango-rudoba-dobatafuraifisshu] (n) Indian golden-barred butterflyfish (Roa jayakari, was Chaetodon jayakari) [Add to Longdo] |
インディアンバタフライフィッシュ | [indeianbatafuraifisshu] (n) Indian butterflyfish (Chaetodon mitratus) [Add to Longdo] |
インディアンヴァガボンドバタフライフィッシュ;インドフウライ;クロフウライチョウチョウウオ | [indeianvagabondobatafuraifisshu ; indofuurai ; kurofuuraichouchouuo] (n) Indian vagabond butterflyfish (Chaetodon decussatus); blackened butterflyfish; black-finned vagabond [Add to Longdo] |
ウミヅキチョウチョウウオ | [umidukichouchouuo] (n) bluelashed butterflyfish (Chaetodon bennetti); Bennett's butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
ウラシマチョウチョウウオ | [urashimachouchouuo] (n) guyot butterflyfish (Prognathodes guyotensis) [Add to Longdo] |
オウギチョウチョウウオ | [ougichouchouuo] (n) scrawled butterflyfish (Chaetodon meyeri); Meyer's butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
オオフエヤッコダイ | [oofueyakkodai] (n) longnose butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris) [Add to Longdo] |
オブリクバタフライフィッシュ | [oburikubatafuraifisshu] (n) oblique butterflyfish (Prognathodes obliquus) [Add to Longdo] |
オマーンバタフライフィッシュ | [oma-nbatafuraifisshu] (n) Oman butterflyfish (Chaetodon dialeucos) [Add to Longdo] |
オリエンタルバタフライフィッシュ;オリエンタル・バタフライ・フィッシュ | [orientarubatafuraifisshu ; orientaru . batafurai . fisshu] (n) Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan) [Add to Longdo] |
オレンジフェイスバタフライフィッシュ | [orenjifeisubatafuraifisshu] (n) hooded butterflyfish (Chaetodon larvatus) [Add to Longdo] |
カエトドンアンダマネンシス | [kaetodon'andamanenshisu] (n) yellow butterflyfish (Chaetodon andamanensis) [Add to Longdo] |
カガミチョウチョウウオ | [kagamichouchouuo] (n) Asian butterflyfish (Chaetodon argentatus) [Add to Longdo] |
カスミチョウチョウウオ | [kasumichouchouuo] (n) pyramid butterflyfish (Hemitaurichthys polylepis) [Add to Longdo] |
カスミチョウチョウウオ属 | [カスミチョウチョウウオぞく, kasumichouchouuo zoku] (n) Hemitaurichthys (genus of tropical butterflyfish in the family Chaetodontidae) [Add to Longdo] |
ガードナーズバタフライフィッシュ | [ga-dona-zubatafuraifisshu] (n) Gardner's butterflyfish (Chaetodon gardineri) [Add to Longdo] |
ガイアナバタフライフィッシュ;フレンチバタフライフィッシュ;タスキチョウチョウウオ;ギアナバタフライ | [gaianabatafuraifisshu ; furenchibatafuraifisshu ; tasukichouchouuo ; gianabatafurai] (n) French butterflyfish (Prognathodes guyanensis, was Chaetodon guyanensis); Guyana butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
ガストロ | [gasutoro] (n) butterfly kingfish (Gasterochisma melampus); butterfly tuna; bigscale mackerel [Add to Longdo] |
クラカケチョウチョウウオ;アイパッチドバタフライフィッシュ | [kurakakechouchouuo ; aipacchidobatafuraifisshu] (n) Philippine butterflyfish (Chaetodon adiergastos); panda butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
ゲンロクダイ | [genrokudai] (n) brown-banded butterflyfish (Chaetodon modestus); modest butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
コクテンカタギ | [kokutenkatagi] (n) crochet butterflyfish (Chaetodon guentheri); Gunther's butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
コラーレバタフライフィッシュ | [kora-rebatafuraifisshu] (n) redtail butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare); brown butterflyfish; collared butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
ゴールデンストライプトバタフライフィッシュ;サンバーストバタフライフィッシュ | [go-rudensutoraiputobatafuraifisshu ; sanba-sutobatafuraifisshu] (n) golden butterflyfish (Chaetodon aureofasciatus) [Add to Longdo] |
ゴールデンバタフライフィッシュ;ブラックチークバタフライフィッシュ | [go-rudenbatafuraifisshu ; burakkuchi-kubatafuraifisshu] (n) bluecheek butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus); addis butterflyfish; golden butterflyfish; redlined butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
サイズバタフライフィッシュ | [saizubatafuraifisshu] (n) scythemarked butterflyfish (Prognathodes falcifer); scythe butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
サドルバックバタフライフィッシュ;インドスダレ | [sadorubakkubatafuraifisshu ; indosudare] (n) blackwedged butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula); saddled butterflyfish; pigface coralfish; sickle butterflyfish; Indian double-saddle butterflyfish [Add to Longdo] |
サンフェリクスバタフライフィッシュ | [sanferikusubatafuraifisshu] (n) narrow-barred butterflyfish (Amphichaetodon melbae) [Add to Longdo] |
ザンジバルバタフライフィッシュ | [zanjibarubatafuraifisshu] (n) Zanzibar butterflyfish (Chaetodon zanzibarensis) [Add to Longdo] |
シチセンチョウチョウウオ | [shichisenchouchouuo] (n) spotband butterflyfish (Chaetodon punctatofasciatus) [Add to Longdo] |
シテンチョウチョウウオ | [shitenchouchouuo] (n) fourspot butterflyfish (Chaetodon quadrimaculatus) [Add to Longdo] |
シラコダイ | [shirakodai] (n) Japanese butterflyfish (Chaetodon nippon) [Add to Longdo] |