butterfly
Butterfly stands for:
- an insect of the order of the butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Winged cannula (colloquial)
- a swimming style, see butterfly swimming
- Butterfly (sailing) , a sail position in boating
- Butterfly (magazine) , Austrian children's magazine
- as a nickname the anti-aircraft missile Henschel Hs 117 in World War II
- Butterfly (rabbit) , the typical fur pattern around the nose of piebalds
- Kaunas butterfly, a breed of domestic pigeon, see Kaunas butterflies
- Warsaw butterfly , a breed of domestic pigeon
- The tyranny of the butterfly , novel by Frank Schätzing from 2018
- Butterfly (heraldry) , a heraldic animal in heraldry
- Butterfly (Patience) , a card game of patience
- RK 7 Butterfly , a 1927 glider
- Butterfly publishing house in Stuttgart
- Butterfly (tool) , a tool of the dry builder for smoothing the walls
Butterfly is the family name of the following people:
- Elisabeth Barbara Schmetterling (1801–1882), Dutch painter
- Josef Adolf Schmetterling (1751–1828), Austrian-Dutch miniature painter
- Lauren Butterfly (* 1988), American rower
See also:
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title begins with butterfly
Wiktionary: Butterfly - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wikiquote: Butterfly Quotes
