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It is not the original name for a butterfly. They were called butorflēoge, buttorflēoge, or buterflēoge in Old English, which evolved to buterflie, butturflye, or boterflye in Middle English, and finally butterfly in modern English. In German, there is a similar association with dairy products throughout the history of the word's evolution. There is no evidence that the word "flutterby" was ever used as the term for "butterfly" in any early English writings.
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Why did flutterbys change to butterflies?
There is a common misperception that butterflies used to be called flutterblies. However, this is not true. In old English and German, they were always given names relating to "butter" in some way or another.
What is the of butterflies called?
As far as i can tell a rabble of butterflys or a swarm of butterflys is the answer ... go figure ???
What are butterflies called in Ireland?
They are called butterflies in Ireland too.
What was a butterfly called before a butterfly was called a butterfly?
The butterflies are called Caterpillars or they can be in a cocoon.
What is a butterflies fun fact?
A group of butterflies is called a flutter
What is someone who catches butterflies called for a living called?
A person who catches butterflies for a living is called a lepidopterist.
Why is the nervous feeling you get called the butterflies?
It is a phrase used when you are nervous because the fluttery feeling in your stomach is said to feel like butterflies. so if i say a sentence that i`m nervous so instead of that we can say there r butterflies in my stomach.
Is a group of butterflies ever called a kalidascope?
Groups of butterflies are called a few different things, depending on your part of the world, and whether you believe that moths are butterflies. Groups are often called a rabble, a swarm, or, like you asked, a Kaleidoscope.
What scientist studies butterflies?
A scientist who studies butterflies and moths is called a lepidopterist.
What a group of butterflies called?
A kaleidoscope of butterflies.A group of butterflies is called a swarm, rabble, or kaleidoscope.A group of butterflies is called a flutter. Bees swarm, and a rabble is much too boisterous for butterflies. Butterflies are delicate creatures who gather to communicate socially only by the movement of their wings. This is called a flutter.
Does butterflies need an apostrophe?
As a plural noun, butterflies does not need an apostrophe. Apostrophes are not used to make nouns plural.As a possessive noun, butterflies does needan apostrophe. The plural form is butterflies' (the butterflies' wing). Apostrophes are used to show possession.
What is the branch of science who studies butterfly and moths?
Moths and butterflies both fall under the genus of Lepidoptera. The study of butterflies and moths is known as lepidoptery. This is a branch of biology and the people specializing in this study are known as lepidopterists.
