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Pinguicula :: Pinguicula (n.) See Butterwort.

Vestales :: Vestales (n. pl.) A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or gossamer-winged butterflies..

Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..

Run :: Run (a.) Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead..

Oleomargarine :: Oleomargarine (n.) An artificial butter made by churning this oil with more or less milk.

Fritillary :: Fritillary (n.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.

Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, / Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees..

Phono :: Phono (n.) A South American butterfly (Ithonia phono) having nearly transparent wings.

Monarch :: Monarch (n.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus); -- called also milkweed butterfly.

Dimorphism :: Dimorphism (n.) Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly..

Butter :: Butter (v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game..

Ranunculus :: Ranunculus (n.) A genus of herbs, mostly with yellow flowers, including crowfoot, buttercups, and the cultivated ranunculi (R. Asiaticus, R. aconitifolius, etc.) in which the flowers are double and of various colors..

Battel :: Battel (v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.

Chrysalis :: Chrysalis (n.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a)..

Butterbird :: Butterbird (n.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Butter-scotch :: Butter-scotch (n.) A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter..

Buttering :: Buttering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butte.

Parnassian :: Parnassian (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America..

Butyrometer :: Butyrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.

Troilus :: Troilus (n.) A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph/ades, / Papilio, troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings..

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