BUTTERFLY
ADJECTIVES
► PAPILIOUS allied to the butterfly → 1733 obs.
NOUNS
► BUTTERFLYISM the condition of being a butterfly; also, frivolous behaviour; giddiness → 1833 obs.
► ENGLISH coloured butterflies or snail-shells, as distinguished from those that are white → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FLEE-FLOWERS butterflies → 19C Eng. dial.
► FLINDER a butterfly → 1938 Amer. dial.
► LEALOW a butterfly → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MEGGY-OWLER a butterfly; a large moth → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MILLER a white butterfly → 1851 Eng. dial.
► PADGE any large butterfly or moth, the colours of which are variegated with white and not brilliant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEEN ANNE a coloured butterfly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAMMY-NID-NOD the chrysalis of the butterfly, from the jerking motion of its head → 1923 Sc.
NOUN, PERSON
► LEPIDOPTERIST one who studies butterflies and moths → 1826
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