swallow-tailed

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

swal=low-tailed

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective swallow-tailed has 1 sense

swallow-tailed(s = adj.all) Array - (especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow; Array

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CIDE DICTIONARY

swallow-tailed, a.

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. [1913 Webster]
United by dovetailing; dovetailed. [1913 Webster]

Swallow-tailed duck (Zoöl.), the old squaw. -- Swallow-tailed gull (Zoöl.), an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), which has a deeply forked tail. -- Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite (Zoöl.), the fork-tailed kite. -- Swallow-tailed moth (Zoöl.), a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.

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