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The Dutch word for butterfly is
vlinder





butterfly

Dutch Definition


butterfly
     1. vlinder, kapel

Translations for butterfly and their definitions

Vlinder
     1. Proper noun. given name, female
     2. n-m. butterfly, or generally any insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of vlinderen
     4. v. imperative of vlinderen


Kapel
     1. Proper noun. .
     2. n-f. chapel, small Christian place of worship
     3. n-f. (uncommon) shrine, small non-Christian temple or sanctuary
     4. n-f. orchestra
     5. n-f. (dialectal) butterfly


pepel
     1. n-m. (Southern Dutch) butterfly


vijfwouter
     1. n-m. (dated) butterfly


boterschijte
     1. n-f. (West-Flemish) butterfly




schoenlapper
     1. n-m. cobbler
     2. n-m.          (in particular) any butterfly belonging to the subfamily Nymphalinae



fladderaar
     1. n-m. someone or something that flutters
     2. n-m. (poetic) butterfly


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