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monarch butterfly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun monarch butterfly has 1 sense
- monarch butterfly(n = noun.animal) danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch - large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed; Array is a kind of danaid, danaid butterfly
is a member of danaus, genus danaus
CIDE DICTIONARY
monarch butterfly, n.
A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus ) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch . Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed. [1913 Webster]
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