danaid

English Thesaurus

1. large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	butterfly,
definition	:	diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch, monarch butterfly,
definition	:	large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	danaidae, family danaidae,
definition	:	small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies (noun.animal)