About The Word Swallowtail
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Swallowtail
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What's The Definition Of Swallowtail?
[n] a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back
Synonyms | Synonyms for Swallowtail: morning coat | swallow-tailed coat Related Terms | Find terms related to Swallowtail: See Also | dress suit | full dress | jacket | morning dress | tail coat | tailcoat | tails | white tie | white tie and tails Swallowtail In Webster's Dictionary \Swal"low*tail`\, n.
1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints.
See {Dovetail}.
2. (Bot.) A species of willow.
3. (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or
front forming a re["e]ntrant angle; -- so called from its
form. Called also {priestcap}.
4. A swallow-tailed coat.
This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow
buttons. --Thackeray.
5. An arrow. --Sir W. Scott.
6. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large and
handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied
genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is
prolongated in the form of a long lobe.
Note: The black swallowtail, or asterias (see {Papilio}), the
blue swallowtail, or philenor, the tiger swallowtail,
or turnus (see {Turnus}), and the zebra swallowtail, or
ajax (see under {Zebra}) are common American species.
See also {Troilus}.
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