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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 butterflies
Familiarity information: GENUS DANAUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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