Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - butterfly
Butterfly
butterfly
n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four usu. brightly coloured wings erect when at rest. 2 a showy or frivolous person. 3 (in pl.) colloq. a nervous sensation felt in the stomach. Phrases and idioms butterfly net a fine net on a ring attached to a pole, used for catching butterflies. butterfly nut a kind of wing-nut. butterfly stroke a stroke in swimming, with both arms raised and lifted forwards together. butterfly valve a valve with hinged semicircular plates. Etymology: OE buttor-fleoge (as BUTTER, FLY(2))
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising the skippers, something that resembles or suggests a ~, a swimming stroke executed in a prone position by moving both arms in a circular motion while kicking both legs up and down, a feeling of hollowness or queasiness caused especially by emotional or nervous tension or anxious anticipation, a defensive move by a goalie in ice hockey executed by dropping to the knees while spreading the lower legs outward, II. transitive verb (-flied; -flying) Date: 1954 to split almost entirely and spread apart ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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