English Dictionary

swallowtail

/ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/

noun

The forked tail of a swallow. / Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape. / A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.ᵂᵖ

I saw a beautiful swallowtail flying in the garden.

意味（1）

The forked tail of a swallow.

意味（2）

Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.

意味（3）

A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.ᵂᵖ

It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

意味（4）

Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.