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butterfly fish

(Encyclopedia) butterfly fish, common name for certain members of the Chaetodontidae, a family of reef-dwelling tropical fishes with compressed bodies and small mouths and teeth. Butterfly fish are…

butterfly

(Encyclopedia) butterfly, any of a large group of insects found throughout most of the world; with the moths, they comprise the order Lepidoptera. There are about 12 families of butterflies. Most…

skipper

(Encyclopedia) skipper: see butterfly.

Brewer's: Butterflies

in the cab trade, are those drivers who take to the occupation only in summer-time, and at the best of the season. At other times they follow some other occupation. “The feeling of the…

Madama Butterfly

Giacomo PucciniArchive PhotosMusic:Giacomo PucciniLibretto:Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi IllicaPremiere:Milan, February 17, 1904 One of the world's most popular operas, Madama Butterfly…

Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen(Thelma McQueen)actressBorn: 1/8/1911Birthplace: Tampa, Florida Stage and film actress best remembered for her part in film history with Gone With the Wind (1939). McQueen…

butterfly flower

(Encyclopedia) butterfly flower,&sp;fringeflower, or poor-man's-orchid, any of the showy plants of the genus Schizanthus of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), native to Chile but grown…

Phelps, Michael Fred

(Encyclopedia) Phelps, Michael Fred, 1985–, American swimmer, b. Baltimore. One of the world's greatest competitive swimmers, Phelps became (2001) the youngest world record holder (in the 200-m…

Spitz, Mark Andrew

(Encyclopedia) Spitz, Mark Andrew, 1950–, American swimmer, b. Modesto, Calif. He held records for winning the most gold medals at one Olympic game (seven, in 1972 at Munich) and shared the record…

Brewer's: Butterfly Kiss

(A). A kiss with one's eyelashes, that is, stroking the cheek with one's eyelashes. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894ButtonButterflies A B C D E F G H…