| monarch butterfly n. A large American butterfly (Danaus plexippus) having light orange-brown wings with black veins and white-spotted black borders, noted for its long-distance migrations and its brightly striped caterpillars that feed on the milkweed plant. Also called milkweed butterfly. |
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| Noun | 1. |  monarch butterfly - large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweeddanaid, danaid butterfly - large tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste Danaus, genus Danaus - type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies |
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