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GENUS DANAUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Danaus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterfliesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DANAUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Danaus; genus Danaus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Danaus" is a member of...):

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


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