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BUTTERFLIED
Verb
butterflied
simple past tense and past participle of butterfly
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• Butterfield
Source: Wiktionary
BUTTERFLY
But"ter*fly`, n.; pl. Butterflies. Etym: [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flege, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.
Note: [See Illust. under Aphrodite.] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias.
– Butterfly fish (Zoöl.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard.
– Butterfly shell (Zoöl.), 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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