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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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