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MILKWEED BUTTERFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does milkweed butterfly mean?
• MILKWEED BUTTERFLY (noun)
The noun MILKWEED BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:
1. large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
Familiarity information: MILKWEED BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Danaus plexippus; milkweed butterfly; monarch; monarch butterfly
Hypernyms ("milkweed butterfly" is a kind of...):
danaid; danaid butterfly (large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste)
Holonyms ("milkweed butterfly" is a member of...):
Danaus; genus Danaus (type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies)
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