DANAID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does danaid mean? 

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

1. large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DANAID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

danaid; danaid butterfly

Hypernyms ("danaid" 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"):

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" is a member of...):

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