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DANAID BUTTERFLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste

Synonyms:

danaid; danaid butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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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