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BUTTERFLY-SHAPED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butterfly-shaped mean?
• BUTTERFLY-SHAPED (adjective)
The adjective BUTTERFLY-SHAPED has 1 sense:
1. shaped like a butterfly
Familiarity information: BUTTERFLY-SHAPED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BUTTERFLY-SHAPED (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped like a butterfly
Similar:
formed (having or given a form or shape)
Context examples
Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, just above your collarbone.
(Hyperthyroidism, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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