Buttervogel

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German

Etymology

Butter (butter) +‎ Vogel (bird)

Noun

Buttervogel m (strong, genitive Buttervogels, plural Buttervögel)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Schmetterling
    • 1920 [1910], Hermann Löns, Der Wehrwolf [The Warwolf]‎:
      Es waren Rosen gewachsen, aus denen wieder Rosen kamen, das Brot hatte geblutet, auf den Koppelwegen lagen Sternschnuppen, drei Tage hintereinander im Juli kamen Unmassen von Schillebolden über die Haide geflogen und hinterher ebensoviele Buttervögel; []
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