English-Spanish translations for butterfly

mariposaComo sabemos, el batir de las alas de una mariposa en Estrasburgo puede provocar a veces un seísmo a muchos miles de kilómetros. As we now know, the beating of a butterfly's wings in Strasbourg may sometimes unleash a hurricane thousands of miles away. Sólo para dar dos ejemplos, diré que aproximadamente el 35 por ciento de todas las especies de aves están amenazadas y no menos de un 45 por ciento de las especies de mariposas. 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.
estilo mariposa

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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