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butterfly

[buht-er-flahy] / ˈbʌt ərˌflaɪ /
NOUN
caterpillar
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The butterfly effect of American ingenuity is given full flight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

"It's like Zara Larsson's bloomed into the full butterfly version of herself, like this is the Zara," fan Christian 25, tells BBC Newsbeat.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

As well as snails and foxes, the trust is particularly keen for people to log sightings of rabbits, slow worms, fungi and butterfly varieties such as the Marbled White.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Matt said the highlight of the experience would be the blue morpho butterfly from central America, "with iridescent blue wings, darting and flitting" around the space.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

A butterfly floats by outside the treehouse window—orange and black, like the monarchs that hatched in Dr. P’s butterfly habitat when we were younger.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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