Usually means: Resembling or characteristic of butter.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. butyrous: Merriam-Webster
  2. butyrous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. butyrous: Wordnik
  4. butyrous: Wiktionary
  5. Butyrous, butyrous: Dictionary.com
  6. Butyrous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. butyrous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Butyrous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. butyrous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. butyrous: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Butyrous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. butyrous: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing butter, buttery

Similar:
butyraceous, butyric, butteraceous, buttered, butyrometric, fatty, sebaceous, adipose, fleshly, lepidopterous, more...

Opposite:
non-butyrous, unbuttery, unctuous, dry, lean

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Similar:
butyraceous, butyric, butteraceous, buttered, butyrometric, fatty, sebaceous, adipose, fleshly, lepidopterous, more...

Opposite:
non-butyrous, unbuttery, unctuous, dry, lean



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