Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various small marine gastropod mollusks of the orders Thecosomata and Gymnosomata, having a pair of winglike extensions of the foot that are used for swimming.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
butterfly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) A pteropod.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pteropod .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sea butterfly.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.