Meaning & use
butterfly
An insect with two pairs of often colorful wings that flies during the day.
See it in a sentence
A yellow butterfly landed briefly on the edge of her notebook.
The garden attracted butterflies once we planted more flowering shrubs.
A note on using this word
Butterflies in the stomach is a common idiom for nervous excitement before an event.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A swimming stroke performed with both arms moving forward together and a dolphin kick.
He set a new personal record swimming the butterfly at the meet.
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