"monarchs" in the noun sense
1. sovereign, crowned head, monarch
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
2. monarch, monarch butterfly, milkweed butterfly, Danaus plexippus
large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings the larvae feed on milkweed
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