'milkweed butterfly' definitions:
Definition of 'milkweed butterfly'
From: WordNet
noun
Large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed [syn: monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus]
Definition of 'milkweed butterfly'
From: GCIDE
- Monarch \Mon"arch\, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr. ?, ?; mo`nos alone + ? to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]
- 1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief. [1913 Webster]
- He who reigns Monarch in heaven, . . . upheld by old repute. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A patron deity or presiding genius. [1913 Webster]
- Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly ({Danais Plexippus}); -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch butterfly. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'milkweed butterfly'
From: GCIDE
- monarch butterfly \mon"arch but"ter*fly\, n. (Zool.) 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 +PJC]