Butterfly \But"ter*fly`\, n.; pl. {Butterflies}. [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-fl[=e]ge, buttor-fle['o]ge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See {Butter}, and {Fly}.] (Zo["o]l.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.
Note: [See Illust. under {Aphrodite}.]
{Asclepias butterfly}. See under {Asclepias}.
{Butterfly fish} (Zo["o]l.), the ocellated blenny ({Blennius ocellaris}) of Europe. See {Blenny}. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard.
{Butterfly shell} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
One was our native common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca, beloved of the beloved monarch butterfly; the other was black swallowwort, Cynanchum nigrum, an invasive vine from the Old World.
Hampson's baritone is attractive and sounds easily produced. Miss Troyanos' mezzo-soprano is confident and she displayed a comic touch, getting laughs where some mezzos don't but maybe going too far in lurching around the stage with a butterfly net.
As in each of her previous swims this year, Ms. Keith used only the butterfly stroke.
A map of the hill-tribes of south-east Asia looks a bit like the markings on an exotic butterfly.
The butterfly was last seen near the small town of Wren, west of Corvallis, in 1937.
As bracken disappears, so do the butterflies. Gardeners can do their bit to encourage butterfly conservation by choosing specific plants and flowers that attract them.
The name Butterfly Effect refers to the notion that the motion of a butterfly's wings disturbing the air in Beijing might lead to tornadoes in Kansas.
But relief workers say that the most common, and most insidious, are the so-called butterfly mines, light camouflaged explosives strewn like autumn leaves from helicopters and planes, and the booby traps planted randomly around villages.
"That's terrific, Marina," said Ms. Saif, sounding a lot like the parent of a child getting its finger pricked, as Dr. Cook carefully inserted a butterfly needle.
Developers and property rights groups oppose the measure, which calls for $1.2 million in borrowing to buy and set aside a 2.7-acre butterfly habitat.
At 61, Mrs. Gruender is internationally ranked in the butterfly, freestyle and individual medley.
Local ballot propositions range from a measure to roll back rent controls in Berkeley to a $1.2 million bond issue to purchase land for a butterfly habitat in affluent Pacific Grove.
He, too, recently spent a day flipping through seed catalogs "looking to find new butterfly plants."
Star Walk now has country singer Dolly Parton's footprints, handprints and a small rhinestone butterfly _ and that's all it's going to get.
The transcribers would seem to be trying to pin down a musical moment like a butterfly, so that it can be heard again and again exactly the way it sounded the first time, when some performer invented it on the fly.
My little boy should not be encouraged to dress up as a butterfly.
This was more than the beating of a butterfly's wing in Tokyo.
But the Kingston, Ontario, woman didn't seem to feel the strain of the awkward butterfly _ which involves throwing both arms over the head and doing a dolphin-like kick simultaneously.