swallowtail
IPA: swˈɑɫoʊteɪɫ
noun
- The forked tail of a swallow.
- Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
- A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.
- Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.
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Examples of "swallowtail" in Sentences
- "swallowtail" coat with brass buttons made its appearance, and with shoes newly polished he was ready for church.
- He was punctiliously dressed in the mode: a "swallowtail," bright, soft silk tie of ample proportions, frilled linen, and sparkling studs.
- My closest encounter came at Strumpshaw Fen RSPB reserve, where I had gone in search of swallowtail butterflies and Norfolk hawker dragonflies.
- Albert was taken by a third of this species—really an upright mantid of sorts, its carapace like a gleaming veined topcoat in swallowtail.
- Norfolk sites such as Hickling Broad will see probably our most photogenic butterfly – the swallowtail – begin to emerge at the end of the month.
- It was of a style popularly known as a swallowtail, faced with satin as to lapels and once gracefully rounded to a long, bisected skirt in the rear.
- Informal evening dress differs from formal in the wearing of the Tuxedo or dinner coat in place of the "swallowtail," and the substitution of a black silk for a white lawn tie.
- a violent exaggeration of what is now termed a "swallowtail," but was much obscured by the swelling folds of an enormous black, glossy-looking cloak, which must have been very much too long in calm weather, as the wind, whistling round the old house, carried it clear out from the wearer's shoulders to about four times his own length.
- His doublet was prolonged behind into something resembling a violent exaggeration of what is now termed a "swallowtail," but was much obscured by the swelling folds of an enormous black, glossy-looking cloak, which must have been very much too long in calm weather, as the wind, whistling round the old house, carried it clear out from the wearer's shoulders to about four times his own length.
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