English-French translations for butterfly

papillon
Or, comme nous le savons, mesurer les émissions juste à la sortie d' un conduit ou à un kilomètre de là avec un filet à papillons ne donne pas le même résultat ! It does actually make a difference whether we measure emissions from a pipe or in a butterfly net a kilometre away. Et comme nous le savons aujourd'hui, un battement d'ailes de papillon à Strasbourg peut parfois provoquer un séisme à plusieurs milliers de kilomètres. As we now know, the beating of a butterfly's wings in Strasbourg may sometimes unleash a hurricane thousands of miles away. Une part aussi importante que 35 % de toutes les espèces ornithologiques sont menacées, et 45 % des espèces de papillons. Something in the order of 55 percent of all species of bird are endangered, as are no less than 45 percent of butterfly species, to mention just two examples.
papillon de jour

A flying insect of the order ''Lepidoptera'', distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed
The butterfly stroke.
Someone seen as being unserious and dress#Verb|dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly
To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across to close it

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