| inglés > español | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. s. Mariposa. | |
| There are many 'butterflies' in my garden = En mi jardín, hay muchas mariposas. | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. s. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. |  |
| 2. s. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed. | |
| butterfly tape | |
| 3. s. (swimming) The butterfly stroke. | |
| 4. s. (now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. | |
| 5. v. To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly. | |
| butterflied shrimp | |
| Butterfly the chicken before you grill it. | |
| 6. v. To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it. | |
| español > inglés | |
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| mariposa | |
| 1. n-f. butterfly | |
| 2. n-f. (slang) male homosexual | |
| 3. n-f. (swimming) butterfly stroke | |
| 4. n-f. creeping beggarweed | |
