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Firkin :: Firkin (n.) A small wooden vessel or cask of indeterminate size, -- used for butter, lard, etc..

Phaeton :: Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore..

Butternut :: Butternut (n.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut..

Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..

Pillau :: Pillau (n.) An Oriental dish consisting of rice boiled with mutton, fat, or butter..

Buttery :: Buttery (n.) A cellar in which butts of wine are kept.

Rebutter :: Rebutter (n.) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Sea Butterfly :: Sea butterfly () A pteropod.

Butternut :: Butternut (n.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut..

Diurna :: Diurna (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime..

Parnassian :: Parnassian (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to the genus Parnassius. They inhabit the mountains, both in the Old World and in America..

Buttermilk :: Buttermilk (n.) The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

Creamery :: Creamery (n.) A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market..

Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..

White :: White (n.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage..

Popelote :: Popelote (n.) A word variously explained as a little puppet, a little doll, or a young butterfly. Cf. Popet..

Buffel Duck :: Buffel duck () A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead..

Fenestrate :: Fenestrate (a.) Having transparent spots, as the wings of certain butterflies..

Holometabolic :: Holometabolic (a.) Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees..

Skipper :: Skipper (n.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight..

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