| inglese > italiano | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. sost. farfalla | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. subst. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. |  |
| 2. subst. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed. | |
| butterfly tape | |
| 3. subst. (swimming) The butterfly stroke. | |
| 4. subst. (now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. | |
| 5. v. To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly. | |
| butterflied shrimp | |
| Butterfly the chicken before you grill it. | |
| 6. v. To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| farfalla | |
| 1. subst. butterfly | |
| 2. subst. bow tie | |
| 3. subst. (chiefly in the plural) pasta in the shape of butterflies or bow ties | |
| 4. subst. (swimming) the butterfly stroke | |
| 5. subst. throttle valve, butterfly valve | |
