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butterfly

[buht-er-flahy] / ˈbʌt ərˌflaɪ /
NOUN
caterpillar
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This year also featured some of the most memorable art in the festival’s history, with the hippos running “Corporate Headquarters” and the transformation of Poetic Kinetics’ Coachella caterpillar into a butterfly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

By 2019, the company unveiled a new16in MacBook Pro - without the butterfly keyboard.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

If the planting project succeeds, conservationists hope it could help bring the swallowtail – the UK's largest native butterfly – back to the area for the first time in more than a century.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion is back, with up to 30 butterfly and moth species, as well as an assortment of California plants.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

"I'm building a butterfly mobile to hang over my bed," Bess said, her blue eyes flashing.

From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene