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Da⋅na⋅i⋅des

[duh-ney-i-deez]
–plural noun Classical Mythology.
the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.
Also, Da⋅na⋅i⋅dae [duh-ney-i-dee] , Da⋅na⋅ids [duh-ney-idz] .


Dan⋅a⋅id⋅e⋅an [dan-ee-id-ee-uhn, dan-ee-i-dee-uhn] , adjective
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danaidae

noun
small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies 
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