Definition of swallowtail in English:
swallowtail
nounˈswɒləʊteɪlˈswɑloʊˌteɪl
1A large brightly coloured butterfly with projections suggestive of a swallow's tail on the hindwings.
Family Papilionidae: many species, including the European Papilio machaon, of fenland country
- Meanwhile, most fish, birds, and reptiles still have four kinds of cones, and some butterflies, like the Japanese yellow swallowtail, have five.
- We photograph a big school of red swallowtails and red snappers that live next to a rocky wall covered with yellow zoanthids.
- If you want tiger swallowtail butterflies, plant a willow tree.
- An acute awareness of butterflies, which she developed after a brief encounter with a swallowtail in New Mexico, has convinced her that butterflies add a luminous dimension to one's life.
- Furnish your garden with nectar-rich flowering plants, and monarchs, swallowtails, and other winged visitors will drop by regularly, bringing beauty and motion with them.
- The refuge provides shelter and habitat for more than 300 butterfly species, including the zebra longwing, pipevine swallowtail, julia, and Mexican blue wing.
- Some studies have shown that monarch larva die when fed Bt pollen, although other studies of swallowtail butterflies show little effect.
- Today I have a single glossy abelia (Abelia x grandiflora) in my own garden, and it is visited all summer and even throughout early fall by groups of butterflies, particularly the various swallowtails.
- Examples where intraspecific variation is apparently restricted to degree rather than direction include fruit flies and swallowtail butterflies.
- Create a shallow puddle to attract swallowtails, blues, sulfurs and other butterflies that enjoy drinking at mud puddles.
- Well, it turned out to be a common tiger swallowtail, but I decided that I wanted to get into collecting, too.
- Australian butterflies are from the families of whites, browns, blues and swallowtails, unbelievably sensible names.
- In summer, swallowtail butterflies drift through the garden, riding the breeze on black or yellow wings.
- The students also sighted the endangered species of butterflies such as the Southern Birdwing, Malabar branded swallowtail and the Malabar Rose during the camp.
- Dill and fennel are good plants for the caterpillars of the black swallowtail butterfly.
- Eyeing a green-banded swallowtail fluttering above him, Samson takes a running leap and with a deft swoop of his net catches the iridescent butterfly.
- After mating, the male tiger swallowtail butterfly deposits a small ‘mating plug’ inside the female to try to prevent her from mating again.
- This species is endemic to the Western Ghats and is considered the rarest and endangered swallowtail.
- Citrus attracts the swallowtail butterfly, and the larvae resemble bird droppings, but you will want to leave the young alone for the sake of future butterflies.
- They can be as graceful as the swallowtail butterflies drifting by on a summer day.
2A deeply forked tail, or a thing resembling such a tail in shape.
as modifier a black swallowtail coat- I am not going back as far as the days of the corduroy and the swallow-tailed coat but what I remember myself.
- In your imagination, they wear top hats, striped trousers and swallowtail coats.
- They all look slightly ridiculous in their epaulets and tin pot hats and braided swallowtail coats.
- Two military knights, in uniforms of scarlet swallowtail coats with black arm bands, stood in solemn vigil, guarding the Princess's coffin.
Derivatives
swallow-tailed
- Mick edges perilously close to the edge, the rod bends some more and a swallow-tailed, almost luminous fish, flashes in the sunrise.
- Higher still, trapeze performers dive and fall: swallow-tailed kite, painted bunting, Cooper's hawk.
- Was it a member of the winged flock that was in the running for Oklahoma's state bird, an honor ultimately bestowed on the swallow-tailed scissortail flycatcher?
- There were gopher tortoises here and above us swallow-tailed kites.
- The ones I missed right off the bat were the swallow-tailed butterflies (the big yellow and black ones that used to be everywhere), the long-tailed hummingbird and Lignum Vitae trees.
adjective ˈswɒləʊteɪldˈswɑloʊˌteɪld
Definition of swallowtail in US English:
swallowtail
nounˈswälōˌtālˈswɑloʊˌteɪl
1A large brightly colored butterfly with projections suggestive of a swallow's tail on the hind wings.
Family Papilionidae: many genera and species, including the pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) of southern North America and the eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) of eastern North America
- After mating, the male tiger swallowtail butterfly deposits a small ‘mating plug’ inside the female to try to prevent her from mating again.
- Australian butterflies are from the families of whites, browns, blues and swallowtails, unbelievably sensible names.
- They can be as graceful as the swallowtail butterflies drifting by on a summer day.
- In summer, swallowtail butterflies drift through the garden, riding the breeze on black or yellow wings.
- Furnish your garden with nectar-rich flowering plants, and monarchs, swallowtails, and other winged visitors will drop by regularly, bringing beauty and motion with them.
- Examples where intraspecific variation is apparently restricted to degree rather than direction include fruit flies and swallowtail butterflies.
- Citrus attracts the swallowtail butterfly, and the larvae resemble bird droppings, but you will want to leave the young alone for the sake of future butterflies.
- Create a shallow puddle to attract swallowtails, blues, sulfurs and other butterflies that enjoy drinking at mud puddles.
- Dill and fennel are good plants for the caterpillars of the black swallowtail butterfly.
- The students also sighted the endangered species of butterflies such as the Southern Birdwing, Malabar branded swallowtail and the Malabar Rose during the camp.
- Some studies have shown that monarch larva die when fed Bt pollen, although other studies of swallowtail butterflies show little effect.
- An acute awareness of butterflies, which she developed after a brief encounter with a swallowtail in New Mexico, has convinced her that butterflies add a luminous dimension to one's life.
- Well, it turned out to be a common tiger swallowtail, but I decided that I wanted to get into collecting, too.
- Meanwhile, most fish, birds, and reptiles still have four kinds of cones, and some butterflies, like the Japanese yellow swallowtail, have five.
- This species is endemic to the Western Ghats and is considered the rarest and endangered swallowtail.
- We photograph a big school of red swallowtails and red snappers that live next to a rocky wall covered with yellow zoanthids.
- If you want tiger swallowtail butterflies, plant a willow tree.
- The refuge provides shelter and habitat for more than 300 butterfly species, including the zebra longwing, pipevine swallowtail, julia, and Mexican blue wing.
- Eyeing a green-banded swallowtail fluttering above him, Samson takes a running leap and with a deft swoop of his net catches the iridescent butterfly.
- Today I have a single glossy abelia (Abelia x grandiflora) in my own garden, and it is visited all summer and even throughout early fall by groups of butterflies, particularly the various swallowtails.
2A deeply forked tail, or a thing resembling such a tail in shape.
as modifier a black swallowtail coat- They all look slightly ridiculous in their epaulets and tin pot hats and braided swallowtail coats.
- I am not going back as far as the days of the corduroy and the swallow-tailed coat but what I remember myself.
- In your imagination, they wear top hats, striped trousers and swallowtail coats.
- Two military knights, in uniforms of scarlet swallowtail coats with black arm bands, stood in solemn vigil, guarding the Princess's coffin.