"butterfly stitch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butterfly stitches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} butterfly stitch (plural butterfly stitches)
  1. (surgery, especially in plural) A narrow adhesive strip that is used to close the edges of small wounds Tags: especially, plural Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en-butterfly_stitch-en-noun-7vBcrwgX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  2. A knitting pattern in which slip stitches are used to represent a butterfly's wings
    Sense id: en-butterfly_stitch-en-noun-ANO7g~Gf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

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