flutterer
- a word derived from flutter.
Example Sentences
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Notably, the flutterer made the gesture while facing her mate, not the birdhouse—which indicates she wasn’t merely pointing to the nest’s location, but rather conveying a message.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 25, 2024
Snagged in the net, this dubious flutterer is obviously fake or freak.
From Time Magazine Archive
We also called him the flutterer or hoverer.
From Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 by Canavan, M. J. (Michael Joseph)
"It is he, my beloved!" murmured Aranka, pressing her small hand on her heart, as if to still the little flutterer.
From Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 by Jókai, Mór
It was only the lightest touch; and instantly, suddenly, as if startled by the chill contact, the azure flutterer rose again.
From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
