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Meanings of butterflies in English

Russian
бабочки
Portuguese
ropalóceros
Catalan
paloma
Spanish
rhopalocera
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Insect of the order Lepidoptera.

бабочки
Usage of butterflies in English
1
The number of monarch butterflies seems to be eroding year after year.
Radio NZ
2
The air was light with butterflies and the sea roared far below.
The Guardian
3
Citizen scientists are needed to help tag monarch butterflies in New Zealand.
Radio NZ
4
In our environment story today part 2 of our look at butterflies.
Radio NZ
5
The cherries were ripe; the birds were singing: great butterflies went by.
Audrey
6
We see the same rule in the distribution of butterflies and beetles.
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection / Or, the Pr...
7
It is no longer simply the larvae, the moths, and the butterflies.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
8
It could be a bumper summer this year for Painted Lady butterflies.
BBC
9
Yes, the Vodacom Durban July 2019 has social butterflies in a buzz.
The South African
10
He wished he felt that relaxed; he was beginning to have butterflies.
And the deep blue sea
11
The hares ran across the path, and the blue butterflies flew above-head.
Bébée; Or, Two Little Wooden Shoes
12
All five of our butterflies, in fact, if I'm reading things correctly.
Layover in dubai
13
Called the Butterfly Jungle, the exhibit has over 30 species of butterflies.
Reuters
14
Slowly the pairs of greenish white butterflies were transferred to the papers.
The Story of Silk
15
Yellow butterflies made a dazzle in the air, that was transparent to-day.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
16
A few butterflies swooped in and out of the water garden's thicket.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
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Common
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