Meaning

2 senses
  1. (especially, plural)A narrow adhesive strip that is used to close the edges of small wounds

  2. A knitting pattern in which slip stitches are used to represent a butterfly's wings

Examples

1 sentences
  1. How do I apply butterfly stitches?

Forms

plural: butterfly stitches

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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