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Definition of swallowtail

Swallowtail
Swallowtail 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.
swallowtail
Priestcap Priest"cap`, n. (Fort.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail.

Meaning of swallowtail from wikipedia

- Look up swallowtail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swallowtail may refer to: Swallowtail catastrophe or swallowtail surface, a singularity occurring...
- Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members...
- In flag terminology, a swallowtail is either a V-shaped cut in a flag that causes the flag to end in two points at the fly; or any flag that has this...
- Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies...
- Tiger swallowtail is a common name for several species of butterfly, including: Papilio appalachiensis or Appalachian tiger swallowtail, endemic to the...
- Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America...
- The scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is also called the sail swallowtail or pear-tree...
- Papilio troilus, the ****ebush swallowtail or green-clouded butterfly, is a common black swallowtail butterfly found in North America. It has two subspecies...
- Papilio is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word papilio is...
- The giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is the largest butterfly in North America. It is abundant through many parts of eastern North America; po****tions...