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What is the noun for butterfly?

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butterfly
  1. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. [from 11th c.]
  2. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
  3. (swimming) The butterfly stroke. [from 20th c.]
  4. (now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. [from 17th c.]
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  6. Examples:
    1. “You can tell from the white dots and the red-barred forewings that it's a red admiral butterfly.”
butterflier
  1. (swimming) Someone who competes in butterfly swimming.
butterfliers
  1. plural of butterflier
butterflies
  1. plural of butterfly
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  3. Examples:
    1. “No matter how long you have been playing, you still get butterflies before the big ones.”
      “The wood abounds with wildlife, including badgers, foxes, shrews, butterflies and an array of birds.”
      “Alfalfa butterflies, painted ladies, woolly bears and various other species have been abundant all summer.”
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