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What (who) is swallow tail - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Swallow tail; Swallowtail (disambiguation)

Swallowtail         
·noun A species of willow.
II. Swallowtail ·noun A swallow-tailed coat.
III. Swallowtail ·noun An Arrow.
IV. Swallowtail ·noun A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. ·see Dovetail.
V. Swallowtail ·noun An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle;
- so called from its form. Called also priestcap.
VI. Swallowtail ·noun 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.
swallowtail         
¦ noun
1. a deeply forked tail.
2. a large brightly coloured butterfly with tail-like projections on the hindwings. [Papilio machaon and other species, family Papilionidae.]
Derivatives
swallow-tailed adjective
Swallow New Swallow         
  • 1927 Swallow N4028
AMERICAN-BUILT GENERAL PURPOSE BIPLANE OF THE MID TO LATE 1920S
Swallow Aircraft Swallow; Swallow Airplane Swallow; Swallow Hisso Swallow; Swallow OX-5 Swallow; Swallow J5 Swallow
The Swallow Airplane Swallow is an American-built general purpose biplane of the mid- to late 1920s.

Wikipedia

Swallowtail

Swallowtail may refer to:

  • Swallowtail catastrophe or swallowtail surface, a singularity occurring in the part of mathematics called catastrophe theory
  • Swallow-tail coat, a formal tailcoat worn traditionally as part of the white tie dress code
  • Swallowtail butterfly, large colorful butterflies from the family Papilionidae
  • Swallowtail (film), 1996 film directed by Shunji Iwai
  • Swallowtail (flag), a term in vexillology
  • Swallowtail joint in woodworking, see Dovetail joint
  • The Swallow's Tail, a painting by Salvador Dalí, inspired by the swallowtail catastrophe
  • Swallowtail, a butler café in Tokyo, Japan
  • Swallowtail, a Wolf Alice song from their debut album My Love Is Cool