flutterbug
nounUK /ˈflʌtəbʌɡ/
US /ˈflʌtərbʌɡ/
A flutterbug is a little bug that flies around with soft, flapping wings.
A bright flutterbug landed on the flower in our garden.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A playful name for a person who flits quickly from one thing to another.
My little sister is such a flutterbug at parties, never staying in one place.
3. A small decorative ornament with moving wings.
She hung a paper flutterbug above the baby's crib.
4. A feeling of nervous excitement in the stomach.
I had a flutterbug in my tummy before the school play.