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De - Pt| English Dictionary: swallow-tailed | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for swallow-tailed | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[94]l.), the old squaw. {Swallow-tailed gull} (Zo[94]l.), an Arctic gull ({Xema furcata}), which has a deeply forked tail. {Swallow-tailed} {hawk [or] kite} (Zo[94]l.), the fork-tailed kite. {Swallow-tailed moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Urapteryx sambucaria}) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. | |
