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butterfly

How many syllables in butterfly?

  258317469 syllables

Divide butterfly into syllables:   but-ter-fly
Primary syllable stress:   but-ter-fly
Secondary syllable stress:   but-ter-fly
How to pronounce butterfly:   but-er-fly
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Define butterfly



noun
  1. an insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
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