noun (plural butterflies)
1 [C] a flying insect with a long thin body and four large, usually brightly coloured, wings:
butterflies and moths * She's like a butterfly. She flits in and out of people's lives.
2 [U] a swimming stroke in which you swim on your front and lift both arms forward at the same time while your legs move up and down together:
She was third in the 200m butterfly (= a swimming race).
IDIOMS
have butterflies (in your stomach) (informal) to have a nervous feeling in your stomach before doing sth
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