butterfly net

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small net with attached handle used to collect butterflies and other insect species.

Equivalents

Françaisfilet à papillons

DeutschSchmetterlingsnetz

Portuguêspuçá

11 more languages

Bosanskipuca

Catalàcaçapapallones

Suomiperhoshaavi

Hrvatskipuca

Italianoacchiappafarfalle

日本語バタフライネット

Nederlandsvlindernet

Русскийсачок

Српскиpuca

Türkçekepçe

Українськасачок

Examples

“He spends his days flitting through the woods with his shot-gun and his butterfly-net, and his evenings in mounting the many specimens he has acquired.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

butterfly nut butterfly pea butterfly ray butterfly roof butterfly skin butterfly sleeve

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