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
- It is a fossil swallowtail butterfly.
- Probably a swallowtail butterfly larva.
- The Swallowtails overwinter as a chrysalis.
- Swallowtail has a preference for honeybees.
- It is the only swallowtail found in Tasmania.
- I think of it as the archetypical swallowtail.
- In summer, the swallowtail butterfly can be seen.
- The caterpillar of the Pipevine swallowtail is reddish brown.
- It bears a resemblance to the spicebush swallowtail caterpillar.
- And it references the Swallowtail butterfly, not the pennant style.
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