SWALLOWTAIL


Meaning of SWALLOWTAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈswä-lō-ˌtāl, -lə- ]

noun

Date: 1703

1. : a deeply forked and tapering tail (as of a swallow)

2. : tailcoat

3. : any of various usually large brightly marked butterflies (family Papilionidae, especially genus Papilio ) with each hind wing typically having an elongated process

• swal·low-tailed -ˌtāld adjective

[

swallowtail 3

]

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