[ぎたいご, gitaigo](n) { ling } mimetic word; word that mimics something that does not make a sound (e.g. the fluttering of a butterfly's wings)[Add to Longdo]
[asariusubatafuraifisshu ; uesutoo-sutorarianbatafuraifisshu](n) West Australian butterflyfish (Chaetodon assarius); Assarius butterflyfish; Western butterflyfish[Add to Longdo]
[amimechouchouuo](n) pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus, Western Pacific species found from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands); Philippines chevron butterflyfish; orange butterflyfish; netted butterflyfish; yellow-tailed butterflyfish[Add to Longdo]
(n)the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
n.; pl.Butterflies [ Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flēge, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. ] (Zool.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. [ See Illust. under Aphrodite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish (Zool.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. -- Butterfly shell (Zool.), a shell of the genus Voluta. -- Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins. Syn. -- flying gurnard, flying robin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[asariusubatafuraifisshu ; uesutoo-sutorarianbatafuraifisshu](n) West Australian butterflyfish (Chaetodon assarius); Assarius butterflyfish; Western butterflyfish[Add to Longdo]
[amimechouchouuo](n) pearlscale butterflyfish (Chaetodon xanthurus, Western Pacific species found from Indonesia and the Philippines north to the Ryukyu Islands); Philippines chevron butterflyfish; orange butterflyfish; netted butterflyfish; yellow-tailed butterflyfish[Add to Longdo]