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butterfly

English

  1. 🔊 a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
  2. 🔊 diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
  3. 🔊 cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking
    “butterflied shrimp”
  4. 🔊 flutter like a butterfly
  5. 🔊 talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
    “The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 mariposa butterfly
  2. 🔊 papalota butterfly

Similar words

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