Muhammad Ali

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Niles paraphrases Muhammad Ali's famous self-description 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' using the Latin taxonomic terms for butterfly (Lepidoptera) and bee (Hymenoptera).

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Appearance

Mentioned once in High Crane Drifter.

High Crane Drifter

Season 3 · Episode 17 · S03E17

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“Ah, there he is, the man who floats like a lepidoptera and stings like a hymenoptera.”
— Niles

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