danaus

Questions about danaus

What does danaus mean?

danaus means "type genus of the Danaidae: monarch butterflies".

How many syllables are in danaus?

danaus has 2 syllables and divides as da-naus under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for danaus?

Close synonyms include genus Danaus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is danaus a common word?

danaus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.