Meaning

1 senses
  1. A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.

    a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning

Origin

From butterfly + nut.

From butterfly + nut.

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Forms

plural: butterfly nuts
Singularbutterfly nut
Pluralbutterfly nuts

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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