swallowtail
swallowtail
Definition
swallow·tail (-tāl′)
noun
- something having a forked shape like that of a swallow's tail
- any of a large family (Papilionidae) of brightly colored butterflies found worldwide, having the hind wings extended in taillike points
- 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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