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butterfly: a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down; diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings; cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking; "butterflied shrimp"; flutter like a butterfly

surfing collapse: the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave

sidestroke collapse: a swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick

chameleon collapse: lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue; a changeable or inconstant person

flapper collapse: a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress

confetti collapse: small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions (as at a wedding)

backstroke collapse: a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back; swim on one's back

swim collapse: travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank"

ocelot collapse: nocturnal wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat

leopard collapse: large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots; the pelt of a leopard

jaguar collapse: a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis

moire collapse: silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern; (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern

flipper collapse: the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming; a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

swimming collapse: the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

filter collapse: device that removes something from whatever passes through it; an electrical device that alters the frequency spectrum of signals passing through it; remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

fin collapse: organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals; a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish; show the fins above the water while swimming; "The sharks were finning near the surface"; propel oneself through the water in a finning motion; equip (a car) with fins

iris collapse: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening; muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye; plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

harlequin collapse: a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte); variegate with spots or marks; "His face was harlequined with patches"

bathe collapse: the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"; cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"; clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"; suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"

reptile collapse: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms

floating collapse: the act of someone who floats on the water; borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"; inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"

dragon collapse: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body; a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings; a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

peacock collapse: male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots; European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

crawl collapse: a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"; a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"; a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick; move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"; swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"; be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"; feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

spectrum collapse: broad range of related values or qualities or ideas or activities; an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

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