| | | | | | | | ผีเสื้อ | [phīseūa] (n) EN: butterfly FR: papillon [ m ] | ผีเสื้อกลางวัน | [phīseūa klāngwan] (n, exp) EN: butterfly FR: papillon de jour [ m ] |
| | | 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 | 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 ]
| butterflyfish | n. tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins. Syn. -- flying gurnard, flying robin. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| 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] | 蝴 | [hú, ㄏㄨˊ, 蝴] butterfly #79,084 [Add to Longdo] | 蜨 | [dié, ㄉㄧㄝˊ, 蜨] butterfly [Add to Longdo] | 蝶类 | [dié lèi, ㄉㄧㄝˊ ㄌㄟˋ, 蝶 类 / 蝶 類] butterfly (family) [Add to Longdo] |
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