Look up: Swallowtail

1. Swallowtail
   Caterpillar species. Latin name: Papilio machaon Milk parsley, fennel and wild carrot. Description: Green with transverse black bands. Central band of each segment broken by red spots. Confined to the fens of Norfolk.
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2. Swallowtail
   flag which comes to two or three points at the fly end.
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3. Swallowtail
   Swal'low·tail` noun 1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail . 2. (Botany) A species of willow. 3. (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming...
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4. swallowtail
   1. A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail. ... 2. <botany> A species of willow. ... 3. An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; so called from its form. Called also priestcap. ... 4. A swallow-tailed coat. 'This Stultz coat, a blue s...
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5. Swallowtail
   • (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap. • (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail. • (n.) A species of willow. • (n.) A swallow-tailed coat. • (n.) Any...
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6. Swallowtail
   In fortifications a swallowtail or priestcap is an outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a re-entrant angle resembling a swallow's tail.
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7. Swallowtail
   (flag) in flight. Note the shape of its tail. 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 which has this V-shaped cut. The name comes from the forked tail that is a common feature of the Internat...
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