DANAID BUTTERFLY
Dictionary entry overview: What does danaid butterfly mean? • DANAID BUTTERFLY (noun)
The noun DANAID BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:
1. large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste
Familiarity information: DANAID BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DANAID BUTTERFLY (noun)
Meaning:
Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
danaid; danaid butterfly
Hypernyms ("danaid butterfly" is a kind of...):
butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "danaid butterfly"):
Danaus plexippus; milkweed butterfly; monarch; monarch butterfly (large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed)
Holonyms ("danaid butterfly" is a member of...):
Danaidae; family Danaidae (small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies)
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