DANAUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Danaus mean? 

• DANAUS (noun)
  The noun DANAUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies

  Familiarity information: DANAUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DANAUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Danaus; genus Danaus

Hypernyms ("Danaus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Danaus"):

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 ("Danaus" is a member of...):

Danaidae; family Danaidae (small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies)