butterfly
/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/ sustantivo A1En español: mariposa
- A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
- 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.
- 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
- The butterfly stroke.
- Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).
- A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
- 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.
- 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.
Plural butterflies
De la biblioteca
An Academician would say that the entertainments of the fashionable world are collections of flowers which attract inconstant butterflies, famished bees, and buzzing drones.
“Well, perhaps you haven’t found it so yet,” said Alice; “but when you have to turn into a chrysalis—you will some day, you know—and then after that into a butterfly, I should think you’ll feel it a little queer, won’t you?”
On the stage of that comedy he had assumed to play the one-night part of a butterfly of fashion and an idler of means and taste.
“I declare, my recitation has made you cry, Marilla,” said Anne gaily stooping over Marilla’s chair to drop a butterfly kiss on that lady’s cheek.
Otras coincidencias
Aprende butterfly en textos reales
Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.