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swallow-tailed


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swallow-tailed  \Swal"low-tailed`\,  a. 
  1.  Having  a  tail  like  that  of  a  swallow;  hence  like  a 
  swallow's  tail  in  form  having  narrow  and  tapering  or 
  pointed  skirts;  as  a  swallow-tailed  coat. 
 
  2.  (Carp.)  United  by  dovetailing;  dovetailed. 
 
  {Swallow-tailed  duck}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  old  squaw. 
 
  {Swallow-tailed  gull}  (Zo["o]l.),  an  Arctic  gull  ({Xema 
  furcata}),  which  has  a  deeply  forked  tail. 
 
  {Swallow-tailed}  {hawk  or  kite}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  fork-tailed 
  kite. 
 
  {Swallow-tailed  moth}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  European  moth  ({Urapteryx 
  sambucaria})  having  tail-like  lobes  on  the  hind  wings. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swallow-tailed 
  adj  :  (especially  of  butterflies  and  birds)  having  a  forked  tail 
  like  that  of  a  swallow 




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