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According to popular belief, the word butterfly is derived from the expression 'butter-coloured fly'. This term may have been applied to the Brimstone, one of Britain's most well known butterflies and often the first species to be seen when they awake from hibernation in the Spring. This might be a better way to explain it. In Old English the word was spelt butterfloege and in Old Dutch and German it was botervlieg and butterfliege respectively. These three terms translate as butter fly. Another German name, michdieb means milk thief, probably reffering to the way butterflies once and may still be attracted to buttermilk.
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Where is the stressed syllable on the word butterfly?
The first.
A sentence using the word reincarnated?
My body was incarnated into a butterfly...
Is butterfly a proper noun?
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A sentence for the word delicate?
Butterfly wings are very beautiful and delicate.
What is a conpond word?
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What is the sanskrit word for butterfly?
butterfly
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r u talking about butterfly by crazytown? come my lady come come my lady your my butterfly sugar baby?
What is the Swedish word for butterfly?
Butterfly is fjäril in Swedish.
What is the Hebrew word for female butterfly?
butterfly is parpar. There's no female version of this word.
Is butterfly's a noun?
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The word that connects a type of butterfly with royalty is monarch
Where is the stress syllable in the word butterfly?
The stress syllable in the word "butterfly" is on the first syllable, "but".
How many times does the word butterfly appear in the Bible?
The word 'butterfly' does not exist in the KJV Bible.
What does a butterfly mean in the Bible?
Nothing - the word butterfly is not found in the Bible.
How many syllables are there in the word butterfly?
Butterfly has three syllables.
Is a butterfly bigger than a flower?
Butterfly's and flowers come in a variety of sizes. You will need to say which butterfly and which flower.
What is a butterfly sanctuary?
A place where humans come to worship the butterfly god, Zenos
