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− | A '''butterfly''' is a variety of [[insect]] that is known for its colorful wings. |
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+ | ::- '''[[Quark]]''' and '''[[Natima Lang|Natima]]''' describing a love idyll. |
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+ | A '''butterfly''' was a diurnal [[insect]] characterized by a slender body, knobbed antennae, and four broad, conspicuously colored wings. |
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+ | The {{SS|Mariposa}} was named after the [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word for butterfly. ({{TNG|Up The Long Ladder}}) |
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+ | The [[hologram|holographic]] [[baseball]] park [[holo-program|program]] where [[Captain]] [[Benjamin Sisko]] trained the members of his baseball team, the [[Niners]], in [[2375]], contained a simulation of a white butterfly that flew in the infield behind the pitcher's mound. ({{DS9|Take Me Out to the Holosuite}}) |
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+ | When in [[2376]] [[Icheb]] was preparing to meet his parents for the first time since he had been [[Assimilation|assimilated]], he told [[The Doctor]] that he has a strange feeling in his stomach. The Doctor jokingly replied that he had butterflies in there. Icheb, never having heard that expression, told The Doctor that he in fact had "''never assimilated butterflies before''". ({{VOY|Child's Play}}) |
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+ | Butterflies could be hunted with a special net, which became a [[metaphor]] for a trap to catch somebody. On [[Omicron Ceti III]] in [[2267]], [[doctor|Dr.]] [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] asked Captain [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] if he wanted to use a butterfly net on a [[colonist]] who was refusing to leave his home for evacuation. ({{TOS|This Side of Paradise}}) |
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*[[Ba'ku butterfly]] |
*[[Ba'ku butterfly]] |
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*[[Mordian butterfly]] |
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*[[Rigel X butterfly]] |
*[[Rigel X butterfly]] |
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+ | === See also === |
+ | *[[Butterfly pasta]] |
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+ | == External link == |
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Revision as of 10:47, 24 December 2014
- "The whisper of flitterbird wings over our heads."
- "You painted my face with honey."
- " And a Mordian butterfly landed on your nose. "
A butterfly was a diurnal insect characterized by a slender body, knobbed antennae, and four broad, conspicuously colored wings.
The SS Mariposa was named after the Spanish word for butterfly. (TNG: "Up The Long Ladder")
Female dancers seen on Rigel X in 2151 ate butterflies as part of their act. (ENT: "Broken Bow")
The holographic baseball park program where Captain Benjamin Sisko trained the members of his baseball team, the Niners, in 2375, contained a simulation of a white butterfly that flew in the infield behind the pitcher's mound. (DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")
When in 2376 Icheb was preparing to meet his parents for the first time since he had been assimilated, he told The Doctor that he has a strange feeling in his stomach. The Doctor jokingly replied that he had butterflies in there. Icheb, never having heard that expression, told The Doctor that he in fact had "never assimilated butterflies before". (VOY: "Child's Play")
Butterflies could be hunted with a special net, which became a metaphor for a trap to catch somebody. On Omicron Ceti III in 2267, Dr. McCoy asked Captain Kirk if he wanted to use a butterfly net on a colonist who was refusing to leave his home for evacuation. (TOS: "This Side of Paradise")