Butterflier

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who collects or studies butterflies.

    "Jeffrey Glassberg is a butterflier, which means that he not only watches butterflies through binoculars, he also keeps records of how many he sees, takes photographs […]"

  2. 2
    Someone who competes in butterfly swimming.

Example

More examples

"Jeffrey Glassberg is a butterflier, which means that he not only watches butterflies through binoculars, he also keeps records of how many he sees, takes photographs […]"

Etymology

From butterfly + -er.

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