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swallowtail Definition

swallow·tail (-tāl′)

noun

  1. something having a forked shape like that of a swallow's tail
  2. any of a large family (Papilionidae) of brightly colored butterflies found worldwide, having the hind wings extended in taillike points
  3. tailcoat
swallowtail Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Butterflies during this excellent day included Common Swallowtails and impressive Plain Tigers.

Adjective modifier

  • black: Absence of toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis pollen to black swallowtails under field conditions.
  • scarce: Scarce Swallowtail: Noted on 3 days, 25th, 26th, & 30th.
  • common: Butterflies during this excellent day included Common Swallowtails and impressive Plain Tigers.

Modifies a noun

  • butterfly: The adult is the common large black swallowtail butterfly with a wing spread of almost 4 " .
  • coat: Dazzling white shirts surveyed the flower-bedecked chapel from behind the lapels of swallowtail coats.
  • specie: Also in the park, good numbers of Monarch butterflies, Swallowtail species and other unidentified species.

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