danaidae

English Thesaurus

1. small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	danaid, danaid butterfly,
definition	:	large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	danaus, genus danaus,
definition	:	type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	lepidoptera, order lepidoptera,
definition	:	moths and butterflies (noun.animal)