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- noun Plural form of
butterfly .
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Examples
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The hike from the car park to the butterflies is about forty-five minutes up a fairly steep incline.
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The hike from the car park to the butterflies is about forty-five minutes up a fairly steep incline.
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He understands t hat killing butterflies is anathema to other butterfly watchers, the vast majority of whom do not even carry nets (let alone nets named Marsha).
Butterfly Quest Harry Zirlin 2010
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He has a real scientific interest in butterflies and moths, but other than that he is in my mental image of him quite a straightforward personage, except for what he wrote.
Father Ralph and Humbert Humbert « Tales from the Reading Room 2010
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The fact that every time I use it it's going to give me butterflies is not good!
Facing My Fear of Silicone Bakeware Marni 2009
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I remember one comment I read from a user from Conservapedia on FSTDT where he totally mixed up evolution and metamorphasis (as in butterflies) while trying to prove evolution wrong.
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"When it hardened," he said, "that's when I began hammering little indentations into the butterflies from the outside."
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"When it hardened," he said, "that's when I began hammering little indentations into the butterflies from the outside."
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"When it hardened," he said, "that's when I began hammering little indentations into the butterflies from the outside."
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"When it hardened," he said, "that's when I began hammering little indentations into the butterflies from the outside."
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