buterfléoge

buterfléoge
f (-an/-an) butterfly (1)

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • buttorfléoge — see buterfléoge …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • butterfly — but|ter|fly [ˈbʌtəflaı US ər ] n plural butterflies ↑antenna, ↑wing [: Old English; Origin: buterfleoge, from butere ( BUTTER1) + fleoge fly ; perhaps because many types of butterfly are yellow, or because people believed that butterflies steal… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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