How do you use Danaus in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Danaus in a sentence
Danaus meaning
a mythical king who founded Argos
Synonyms of Danaus
Using Danaus
- The main meaning on this page is: a mythical king who founded Argos
- Useful related words include: genus danaus, arthropod genus.
Context around Danaus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Danaus
- In this selection, "danaus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, disobedience, monarch, orders, secretly and plexippus stand out and add context to how "danaus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and monarch danaus plexippus caterpillars and danaus secretly informs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "danaus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with danaus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Angered by his daughter's disobedience, Danaus orders her imprisonment and, possibly, her execution. (14 words)
Danaus secretly informs his daughters of an oracle predicting that one of his sons-in-law would kill him; he therefore orders the Danaids to murder their husbands on their wedding night. (32 words)
These toxic species, such as the Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) and monarch ( Danaus plexippus ) caterpillars, usually advertise themselves with the danger colors of red, yellow and black, often in bright stripes (see aposematism ). (33 words)
These toxic species, such as the Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) and monarch ( Danaus plexippus ) caterpillars, usually advertise themselves with the danger colors of red, yellow and black, often in bright stripes (see aposematism ). (33 words)
Danaus secretly informs his daughters of an oracle predicting that one of his sons-in-law would kill him; he therefore orders the Danaids to murder their husbands on their wedding night. (32 words)
Angered by his daughter's disobedience, Danaus orders her imprisonment and, possibly, her execution. (14 words)
Example sentences (3)
Angered by his daughter's disobedience, Danaus orders her imprisonment and, possibly, her execution.
Danaus secretly informs his daughters of an oracle predicting that one of his sons-in-law would kill him; he therefore orders the Danaids to murder their husbands on their wedding night.
These toxic species, such as the Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) and monarch ( Danaus plexippus ) caterpillars, usually advertise themselves with the danger colors of red, yellow and black, often in bright stripes (see aposematism ).