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butterflys

How many syllables in butterflys?

  3 syllables

Divide butterflys into syllables:   but-ter-flys
How to pronounce butterflys:   but-er-flys
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Define butterflys



noun
  1. Plural for butterfly
  2. Insects typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
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