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Danaus

noun
1.
Type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies.  Synonym: genus Danaus.



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"Danaus" Quotes from Famous Books



... but know it, the rations and comparative innocence of Bermuda would be so preferable? Is he not always rolling the stone of Sysiphus, gyrating on the wheel of Ixion, hankering after the waters of Tantalus, filling the sieves of the daughters of Danaus? He pours into his sieve stolen corn beyond measure, but no grain will stay there. He lifts to his lips rich cups, but Rhadamanthus the policeman allows him no moment for a draught. The wheel of justice is ever going, while his poor hanging head is ...
— Castle Richmond • Anthony Trollope



Words linked to "Danaus" :   arthropod genus, family Danaidae, monarch, Danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly, Danaidae



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