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Definition of Butterflies
1. butterfly [v] - See also: butterfly
Medical Definition of Butterflies
1. Slender-bodies diurnal insects having large, broad wings often strikingly coloured and patterned. (12 Dec 1998)
Literary usage of Butterflies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"SCUDDER'S Butterflies: THEIR STRUCTURE, ... book we have a very successful attempt
at a thorough study of the butterflies of a limited region, New England, ..."
2. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin (1909)
"Courtship, of butterflies—Battles—Ticking noise--Colours common to both sexes,
... Although butterflies are weak and fragile creatures, they are pugnacious, ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"On the Distribution of British Butterflies. By Mr. HT STAINTON. ... The order
Lepidoptera includes two great divisions, butterflies and moths ; the former ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"what has been published goes far in the direction of proving that birds must
still be reckoned among the principal enemies of butterflies. ..."
5. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1824)
"IT has been already shown, that all Butterflies are bred from ... It has been
remarked, that butterflies may be easily distinguished from flies of every ..."
6. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"But bright metallic-green is, I think, the latest developed colour among butterflies,
and decidedly the most conspicuous. No one who has not seen it can ..."
7. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1872)
"A PLAGUE of butterflies is a rare occurrence. A short time ago, however, the town
of Florence was invaded by a prodigious quantity of these insects. ..."
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