butterfly closure

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noun

an adhesive bandage resembling the shape of a butterfly's outstretched wings, used for closing minor cuts.

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How to use butterfly closure in a sentence

“When you become a peshmerga your life becomes like a butterfly,” she said.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass|Susannah George|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, to commemorate her 75th birthday, the two got matching butterfly tattoos on their wrists.
Masters of Alt Sex: SuicideGirls Hits Puberty and Wants to Invade Your TV Set|Marlow Stern|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This video remedies that injustice, showcasing an owl doing a butterfly stroke in Lake Michigan.
Swimming Owls, Jane Krakowski’s Peter Pan Live! Audition, and More Viral Videos|The Daily Beast Video|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was definitely an anti-closure ending, and if the character—and show—has life behind it, it leaves the door wide open.
Michael C. Hall on Going Drag for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ and Exorcising ‘Dexter’|Marlow Stern|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Moscow officials insist that the hospitals listed for closure lacked professional services and often stayed half empty.
Putin’s Health Care Disaster|Anna Nemtsova|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She became my sweetheart, temporarily; but a born butterfly, she soon fluttered away, leaving me disconsolate—for a time!
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Out by the hill, a butterfly, snow white, rested a moment on the young girl's hair.
The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
In Leeming-street it was in the chrysalis state; in Fishergate the butterfly epoch has been reached.
Our Churches and Chapels|Atticus
A filmy and diaphanous creature was Mrs. Patton also—one could never have dreamed of so exquisite a black butterfly.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
I hate to think that he may become a social butterfly on account of his title, but a stanza from Calverly haunts my memory.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur