butterfly in All languages combined

The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Synonyms (Insecte): lep, lepidopteran Synonyms (Nage): butterfly stroke Hyponyms (insecte): pollinator Related terms (Nages): backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, front crawl Related terms (papillon de nuit): moth [Show more ▼] [Hide more ▲]

Categories (other): Lemmes en anglais, Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen anglais, Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieil anglais, Noms communs en anglais, Anglais Derived forms: butterfly banners, butterfly bat, butterfly bomb, butterfly bush, butterfly chair, butterfly clam, butterfly cod, butterfly crab, butterfly dam, butterfly damper, butterfly effect, butterfly fish, butterflyfish, butterfly flower, butterfly hinge, butterfly knife, butterfly knot, butterfly lily, butterfly mussel, butterfly net, butterfly nut, butterfly orchid, butterfly pea, butterfly plant, butterfly ray, butterfly shell, butterfly table, butterfly tulip, butterfly valve, butterfly weed, butterfly window, butterflies in one’s stomach, social butterfly

Inflected forms

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"butterfly" meaning in All languages combined

Noun [Anglais]

Inflected forms