butterfly
butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
| butterfly ray | a stingray with a short tail and a broad fin |
| butterfly | diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
nymphalid
nymphalid butterfly
brush-footed butterfly
four-footed butterfly | medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and mucheduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
mourning cloak
mourning cloak butterfly
Camberwell beauty
Nymphalis antiopa | of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with yellow borders |
| tortoiseshell tortoiseshell butterfly | brilliantly colored, larvae feed on nettles |
ringlet
ringlet butterfly | any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae |
comma
comma butterfly
Polygonia comma | anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing |
emperor butterfly
emperor | large richly colored butterfly |
peacock peacock butterfly
Inachis io | European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot |
danaid
danaid butterfly | large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste |
monarch
monarch butterfly
milkweed butterfly
Danaus plexippus | large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings, the larvae feed on milkweed |
pierid
pierid butterfly | any of numerous paleolored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs |
| cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
southern cabbage butterfly
Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
sulphur butterfly
sulfur butterfly | any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies |
lycaenid
lycaenid butterfly | any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae |
hairstreak
hairstreak butterfly | small butterflies having striped markings under the wings |
| butterfly fish | small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins, found worldwide |
| butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
| triangle | a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle |
| triangle | any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles |
wing nut
wing-nut
wing screw
butterfly nut
thumbnut | a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning |
| Bermuda Triangle | an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost |
Triangulum
Triangle | a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries |
Triangulum Australe
Southern Triangle | a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus |
lepidopterist
lepidopterologist
butterfly collector | an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths |
| butterfly effect | the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago |
| butterfly orchid butterfly orchis Orchis papilionaceae | Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped roseed lip |
butterfly orchid Encyclia tampensis
Epidendrum tampense | orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers, sometimes placed in genus Epidendrum |
butterfly orchid butterfly orchis Epidendrum venosum
Encyclia venosa | Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip |
oncidium
dancing lady orchid
butterfly plant butterfly orchid | any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers, often grown as houseplants |
| butterfly plant Phalaenopsis amabilis | orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red |
lesser butterfly orchid
Platanthera bifolia
Habenaria bifolia | south European orchid having fragrant greenish-white flowers, sometimes placed in genus Habenaria |
greater butterfly orchid
Platanthera chlorantha
Habenaria chlorantha | south European orchid with dark green flowers that are larger and less fragrant than Platanthera bifolia, sometimes placed in genus Habenaria |
| butterfly orchid | any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids |
butterfly bush
buddleia | tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers |
| butterfly flower Bauhinia monandra | shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple |
| butterfly pea Centrosema virginianum | large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers |
| butterfly pea Clitoria mariana | large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers |
blue pea
butterfly pea Clitoria turnatea | vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers |
butterfly flower poor man's orchid
schizanthus | any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers |
butterfly weed
orange milkweed
chigger flower
chiggerflower
pleurisy root
tuber root
Indian paintbrush Asclepias tuberosa | erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers |
triangle
trigon
trilateral | a three-sided polygon |
| triangle | something approximating the shape of a triangle, the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle |
acute triangle
acute-angled triangle | a triangle whose interior angles are all acute |
equilateral triangle
equiangular triangle | a three-sided regular polygon |
| isosceles triangle | a triangle with two equal sides |
| oblique triangle | a triangle that contains no right angle |
obtuse triangle
obtuse-angled triangle | a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle |