butterfly

Türkçe: kelebek

1. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
2. The imago (final form) of such an insect, consisting usually of a long body with large flat wings, as opposed to earlier instars such as caterpillar or pupa.
3. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed. · butterfly tape; butterfly bandage; butterfly strips
4. The butterfly stroke.
5. Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
6. A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
7. A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect. · One potential butterfly could be JFK having another son the year after the POD instead of a daughter.
8. A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.

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