Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: monarch butterfly
  1. Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed
    - monarch, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus

Derived forms: monarch butterflies

Type of: danaid, danaid butterfly

Part of: Danaus, genus Danaus

Encyclopedia: Monarch butterfly

Nearest

monachism
Monaco
Monaco-Ville
monad
monadelphous
monadic operation
monal
monandrous
monandry
monarch
monarch butterfly
monarchal
monarchial
monarchic
monarchical
monarchism
monarchist
monarchy
monarda
Monarda citriodora
Monarda clinopodia