Butterfly

English Meaning

A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

1. Any of various insects of the order Lepidoptera, characteristically having slender bodies, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usually colorful wings.
2. A person interested principally in frivolous pleasure: a social butterfly.
3. Sports A swimming stroke in which a swimmer lying face down draws both arms upward out of the water, thrusts them forward, and draws them back under the water in an hourglass design while performing a dolphin kick.
4. Sports A race or a leg of a race in which this stroke is swum.
5. A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation.
6. To cut and spread open and flat, as shrimp.