colourful wings of a butterfly

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• butterfly — [ˈbʌtəˌflaɪ] noun 1) [C] an insect with large colourful wings 2) the butterfly [singular] a way of swimming in which you lie on your front and move both your arms together above your head • have butterflies (in your stomach) to feel very nervous… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• butterfly — ► NOUN 1) an insect with two pairs of large, typically colourful wings held erect when at rest, feeding on nectar and active by day. 2) a showy or frivolous person. 3) (butterflies) informal a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach …   English terms dictionary

• butterfly — noun (plural butterflies) 1》 any of a large group of nectar feeding lepidopterous insects with two pairs of large, typically colourful wings, distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest,… …   English new terms dictionary

• butterfly */ — UK [ˈbʌtə(r)ˌflaɪ] / US [ˈbʌtərˌflaɪ] noun Word forms butterfly : singular butterfly plural butterflies 1) [countable] a flying insect with large colourful wings 2) [countable] someone who keeps changing from one activity or person to another,… …   English dictionary

• butterfly — [[t]bʌ̱tə(r)flaɪ[/t]] butterflies 1) N COUNT A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. 2) N UNCOUNT: also the N Butterfly is a swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, kicking your legs and bringing your arms… …   English dictionary

• Swallowtail butterfly — This article is about the insect family. For other uses, see Swallowtail. Swallowtail butterflies Cairns Birdwing, Ornithoptera euphorion (G.R. Gray 1852) …   Wikipedia

• Archduke (butterfly) — Taxobox name = Archdukes image width = 200px image caption = Lexias pardalis (male) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Nymphalidae subfamilia = Limenitidinae genus = Lexias genus authority =… …   Wikipedia

• milkweed butterfly — See monarch butterfly. [1875 80, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect group       any of a group of butterflies in the brush footed butterfly (q.v.) family, Nymphalidae (order Lepidoptera). Some authorities consider this group to be at the family level… …   Universalium

• Chrysiridia rhipheus — Engraving captioned Urania riphaeus from Charles D. d Orbigny’s Dictionnaire universel d histoire naturelle (1849) Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Nymphalidae — Dryadula phaetusa Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• coloration — colorational, adj. colorationally, adv. /kul euh ray sheuhn/, n. appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds. [1605 15; COLOR + ATION] * * * ▪ biology Introduction       in biology,… …   Universalium