Meanings
nounbutterfly net (plural butterfly nets)
plural butterfly nets
- A small net with attached handle used to collect butterflies and other insect species.
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.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘To-Morrow we Disappear into the Unknown’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 98
Translations
Catalan caçapapallones, salabret
- caçapapallonesnet used to collect butterflies
- salabretnet used to collect butterflies
Chinese Mandarin 捕蟲網 /捕虫网, 捕網 /捕网
- 捕蟲網 /捕虫网 (bǔchóngwǎng)net used to collect butterflies
- 捕網 /捕网 (bǔwǎng)net used to collect butterflies
- 蝴蝶網 /蝴蝶网 (húdiéwǎng)net used to collect butterflies
Dutch vlindernet
- vlindernetnet used to collect butterflies
Estonian liblikavõrk
- liblikavõrknet used to collect butterflies
Finnish perhoshaavi
- perhoshaavinet used to collect butterflies
French filet à papillons
- filet à papillonsnet used to collect butterflies
German Schmetterlingsnetz
- Schmetterlingsnetznet used to collect butterflies
Italian acchiappafarfalle
- acchiappafarfallenet used to collect butterflies
Japanese バタフライネット
- バタフライネット (batafurainetto)net used to collect butterflies
Portuguese puçá
- puçánet used to collect butterflies
Romanian plasă de prins fluturi
- plasă de prins fluturinet used to collect butterflies
Russian сачо́к
- сачо́к (sačók)net used to collect butterflies
Ukrainian сачо́к
- сачо́к (sačók)net used to collect butterflies
Welsh rhwyd ddal gwyfynod
- rhwyd ddal gwyfynodnet used to collect butterflies
Cite this entry
APA
butterfly net. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterfly%20net
MLA
“butterfly net.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterfly%20net. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “butterfly net,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/butterfly%20net.
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