Frog vs. Butterfly

Frognoun

A small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops.

Butterflynoun

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

Frognoun

The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.

Butterflynoun

A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

‘butterfly tape’;

Frognoun

(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.

Butterflynoun

(swimming) The butterfly stroke.

Frognoun

The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.

Butterflynoun

Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.

Frognoun

An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.

Butterflyverb

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

‘butterflied shrimp’; ‘Butterfly the chicken before you grill it.’;

Frognoun

(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

Butterflyverb

(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

Frognoun

(offensive) A French person.

Butterflynoun

A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Frognoun

A French-speaking person from Quebec.

Butterflynoun

diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

Frognoun

A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.

Butterflynoun

a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

Frognoun

An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.

Butterflyverb

flutter like a butterfly

Frogverb

To hunt or trap frogs.

Butterflyverb

cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking;

‘butterflied shrimp’;

Frogverb

To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.

Butterflyverb

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

‘The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries’; ‘My husband never flirts with other women’;

Frogverb

To spatchcock (a chicken).

Butterflynoun

a nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest, and being active by day.

Frogverb

To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

Butterflynoun

having a two-lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly

‘a butterfly clip’;

Frogverb

(transitive) To unravel (a knitted garment).

Butterflynoun

a showy or frivolous person

‘a social butterfly’;

Frognoun

An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.

Butterflynoun

a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous.

Frognoun

The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

Butterflynoun

a stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forwards together.

Frognoun

A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.

Butterflyverb

split (a piece of meat or fish) almost in two and spread it out flat

‘butterfly the shrimp using a small sharp knife’;

Frognoun

An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.

Frognoun

The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

Frogverb

To ornament or fasten (a coat, etc.) with trogs. See Frog, n., 4.

Frognoun

any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

Frognoun

a person of French descent

Frognoun

a decorative loop of braid or cord

Frog

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (literally without tail in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago.

‘proto-frog’;