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butterfly net
noun
- a conical net of fine mesh held open by a round rim to which a long handle is attached, used for collecting butterflies and other insects.
Word History and Origins
Origin of butterfly net1
Example Sentences
As Hofsø looks on, the stooge throws a butterfly net over the unsuspecting Støre.
“That was very funny. Every time we’ve met him since, he says, ‘Oh – are you going to catch me in that butterfly net?!’”
Brandishing a butterfly net with impressive accuracy, Renee Buck dashes down the trail, then triumphantly holds aloft her prize — a dazzling orange and black fritillary butterfly interrupted during its flitting passage through the wildflowers at Mount Rainier National Park.
The version of “Butterfly Net” on Caroline Polachek’s 2023 album, “Desire, I Want to Turn Into You,” was largely a 1960s-flavored folk-rock march that had her singing about “trying to catch your light.”
But the official said no technology exists that would allow such a “butterfly net” capture operation.
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