Medical Definition of Butterfly patch

1. Origin: Perh. From the colour of a yellow species. AS. Buter-flege, buttor-fleoge; cf. G. Butterfliege, D. Botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. See: Illust. Under Aphrodite] Asclepias butterfly. See Asclepias. Butterfly fish, a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Butterfly Patch

butterflyer
butterflyers
butterflyfish
butterflying
butterfly bush
butterfly collector
butterfly effect
butterfly eruption
butterfly fish
butterfly flower
butterfly fragment
butterfly lung
butterfly nut
butterfly orchid
butterfly orchis
butterfly patch (current term)
butterfly pattern
butterfly pea
butterfly plant
butterfly rash
butterfly ray
butterfly stroke
butterfly valve
butterfly vertebra
butterfly weed
butterhead lettuce
butterier
butteries
butteriest
butterine

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