swallowtail
Noun
Meaning
An arrow.
A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
A species of willow.
An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap.
A swallow-tailed coat.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
jack
ensign
bunting
blazer
coat
jacket
butterfly
tail
flag
barely
banner
dovetail
banneret
hawk moth
lepidopteran
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Hypernyms
Phrases with the word
black swallowtail
mocker swallowtail
swallowtail coat
giant swallowtail
Macleay's swallowtail
swallowtail nannygai