butterfly wings
Lepidopteran flight surfaces
Butterfly wings are the two pairs of delicate, often vividly colored appendages that allow butterflies to fly.
The phrase evokes fragility and ephemeral beauty.
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect suggests that small causes can have large consequences—a butterfly's wings in Brazil might set off a tornado in Texas.
In cooking, to butterfly is to cut meat or seafood so it opens flat like wings: butterfly the shrimp before grilling.
- flutterRapid light movement
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- painted ladyWidespread migratory butterfly
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- iridescentShowing shifting spectral colors
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- colorful creaturesmacaw, peacock, parrot, toucan, scarlet ibis
- wingswingbeat, wingtip, flight feather, pinion, feather
- things that fluttermoth, bird, bat, dragonfly, hummingbird
- Delicate Thingsspider web, bubble, soap bubble, eggshell, tissue paper
- natural beautyrock formations, ice crystals, snowflakes, sand dunes, spiderwebs
- winged thingsfeathers, Pegasus, dove, eagle, hawk
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Plumed flight appendages
bird wings · bat wings · leathery wings · angel wings · feathers
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Heavy metal for sinking
iron chains · stone · anchors · roots · concrete blocks
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