noun
large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
• Syn: ↑monarch, ↑monarch butterfly, ↑Danaus plexippus
• Hypernyms: ↑danaid, ↑danaid butterfly
• Member Holonyms: ↑Danaus, ↑genus Danaus
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noun : monarch 3
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See monarch butterfly.
[1875-80, Amer.]
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milkweed butterfly,
1. = monarch butterfly. (Cf. ↑monarch butterfly)
2. any one of the related butterflies whose larvae feed on milkweed.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.