Wings shimmered like tiny rainbows.

Meaning: The colors on the butterfly's wings looked like small rainbows shining in the sunlight.

Choice of Words: Wings are the body parts that allow butterflies to fly. Shimmered means to shine or reflect light in a gentle, wavering way. Rainbows are colorful arcs that appear in the sky after rain.

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The wings shone like small rainbows.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how the wings of a bird or other flying animal are emitting or reflecting light, similar to the colors you see in a rainbow.

Choice of Words: Wings are what birds and other flying animals use to move through the air. Shone means to emit or reflect light. Like means similar to or resembling something. Small means not large. Rainbows are colorful arcs that appear in the sky after it rains.

The wings glowed like miniature rainbows.

Meaning: This sentence is describing how the wings of a bird or other flying animal are emitting light, similar to the colors you see in a rainbow, but on a very small scale.

Choice of Words: Wings are what birds and other flying animals use to move through the air. Glowed means to emit light. Like means similar to or resembling something. Miniature means very small. Rainbows are colorful arcs that appear in the sky after it rains.

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