a woman who indulges in sexual relations with several men for pleasure or money.

a female dancer.

any of various families of lepidopteran insects active in the daytime, having a sucking mouthpart, slender body, ropelike, knobbed antennae, and four broad, usu. brightly colored, membranous wings; a butter-fly.

(fig.) a woman who flirts, playing amorously without serious intentions or emotional commitment.