Meaning

noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

noun a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

verb flutter like a butterfly

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Hellenic *gʷous Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs) Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂rós Proto-Hellenic *tūrós Ancient Greek τυρός (turós) Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron)bor. Latin būtȳrumbor. Proto-West Germanic *buterā Old English butere Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk-…

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