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    [Noun]  | "but*ter*fly" | \ ˈbə-tər-ˌflī \


    1: any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising the skippers

    2: something that resembles or suggests a butterfly; especially : a person chiefly occupied with the pursuit of pleasure

    3: a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by moving both arms in a circular motion while kicking both legs up and down

    Origin: before 12th century ;

    [Noun]  | "cabbage butterfly" 


    1: any of several largely white butterflies (family Pieridae) whose green larvae are cabbage worms; especially : a small cosmopolitan butterfly (Pieris rapae synonym Artogeia rapae) that is a pest on cabbage —called also cabbage white

    Origin: 1781 ;

    [Noun]  | "leaf butterfly" 


    1: any of a genus (Kallima) of nymphalid butterflies of southern Asia with wings resembling dried or dead leaves

    Origin: 1838 ;

    [Noun]  | "milkweed butterfly" 


    1: any of a family (Danaidae) or nymphalid subfamily (Danaine) of large butterflies feeding on plants of the milkweed family as larvae; especially : monarch butterfly

    Origin: 1880 ;

    [Noun]  | "monarch butterfly" 


    1: a large migratory American butterfly (Danaus plexippus) that has orange-brown wings with black veins and borders and a larva that feeds on milkweed

    Origin: 1890 ;

    [Noun]  | "sulphur butterfly" 


    1: any of numerous butterflies (especially Colias and related genera of the family Pieridae) having the wings usually yellow or orange with a black border —called also sulphur

    Origin: 1879 ;

    [Noun]  | "tor*toise*shell" | \ ˈtȯr-tə-ˌshel \


    1: the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used especially formerly in inlaying and in making various ornamental articles

    2: any of several showy nymphalid butterflies (genera Nymphalis and Aglais) that have wings mottled with orange and brown or black

    Origin: 1632 ;

    [Verb]  | "butterfly" 


    1: to split almost entirely and spread apart

    Origin: 1952 ;

    [Plural noun]  | "butterflies" 


    1: a sense of panic or extreme nervousness;


      * e.g., " ... even experienced actors sometimes get butterflies before a performance "



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     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: the feeling you get in your stomach when the person you have a crush on walks into room

      * e.g.,  ... oh! nick just got here - i have got major butterflies right now! 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: butterflies are typically known as tHE WORST AND BEST THING THAT CAN EVER HAPPEN TO YOU. (woo, okay, I'm good) it usually feels like you're naseaous or sick (more times than none, actually). depending on the person and situation, it could feel like an elephant prancing around in your stomach. if you've really got it bad, IT'S THE ENTIRE ZOO.

      * e.g.,  ... this guy named harry gives me major butterflies. these butterflies won't leave me alone! 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: the nervous, anxious knots you get in your stomach when you talk with, think about, or are in the presence of the person you love, or like very, very much. Contrary to popular belief, this incredible feeling cannot be cured with kisses, but do it anyway:D

      * e.g.,  ... Dave gives me butterflies whenever he tells me that he loves me. 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: The feeling you get when your crush is looking, talking or staring at you. Your hole world changes, and that feeling grows.

      * e.g.,  ... He gives me butterflies. I'm feeling butterflies in my stomach right now! 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: The sensation of complete and total enjoyment when you are kissed (or in some cases, even acknowledged) by the object of your affection. Comprable to that of the sensation felt on a drop from a significant height (like on a rollercoaster).

      * e.g.,  ... Girl: James kissed me last night and it gave me butterflies. 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: The feeling that one gets when talking to the person that they love with all of their heart and that person tells them that they are perfect(definition 8)

      * e.g.,  ... *Sam S. gave me butterflies when he told me that he loved me.  

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: dull stomache spasms caused by nevousness or anxiety

      * e.g.,  ... I had butterflies in my gut just from looking at the crowd. 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: Butterflies are a warm, ticklish and fuzzy feeling you may get in your stomach when you are romantically interested in someone,

      * e.g.,  ... " Oh yeah, he ALWAYS gets these butterflies in his stomach over her. " 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    2: or when someone you have some kind of crush on shows you some kind of affection, most commonly, flirting or a peck on the cheek, something innocent but shows they have an interest in you back.

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: Evil monsters who will suck blood from your eyeballs (or just balls). They fly around and are great Halloween pranks

      * e.g.,  ... Butterflies are pieces of shit 

     [ "butterflies" ]

    1: previous people that turn stomachs into knots whenever said stomach and its person are in the presence of someone the heart of said person longs for.

      * e.g.,  ... "Its not fair that they still give me butterflies." 

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