Swallow-tailed /(?)/
Swal·low-tailed
Swallow-tailed
a.
- 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.
- United by dovetailing; dovetailed. (Carp.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Swallow-tailed duck
- the old squaw.
- Swallow-tailed gull
- an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), which has a deeply forked tail.
- Swallow-tailed hawk
- the fork-tailed kite.
- Swallow-tailed moth
- a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.