Elementary 📚 Vocabulary · #888 of 1319

butterfly (n.)

a colourful flying insect

Examples

  • A pretty butterfly.

Key rules

  • A butterfly is a colourful flying insect
  • A butterfly collection, a butterfly lands
  • Butterfly is countable

Common mistakes

  • The butterflys is beautiful → The butterfly is beautiful
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