swallowtail
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- noun
- /ˈswɑloʊˌteɪl/
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mariposa cola de golondrina
- Overhead, a black swallowtail flits through tulips as red as a clown's nose.
- swallowtail butterfly
Examples
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Figure 2 is an image of a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, also shot in my front yard.
Academic text (2004) -
Its wingspan can be up to 6.5 inches and is the largest of the swallowtail species.
Academic text (2005) -
I want to plant some more for the swallowtail caterpillars to eat.
Blog text (2) -
Here's one that says "yellow swallowtail butterfly."
Academic text (2009) -
The swallowtail's streaked yellow and black wings spread wide.
Fiction book (1998) -
Shelly squinted at the holly blues and swallowtails dipping and dancing in the field.
Fiction book (1998) -
I have a cabbage white, holly blues, a swallowtail—even a great purple hairstreak right now.
Fiction book (1998) -
So while I may be seeing more subtropical and warm-climate butterfly species, such as the giant swallowtail and the zabulon skipper around my Massachusetts home, more than three-quarters of northerly species are in sharp decline.
Blog text (23) -
Jaret C. Daniels and Stephanie J. Sanchez, a husband-and-wife team, met while working on the recovery of the federally endangered Schaus swallowtail butterfly.
Academic text (2006) -
The vibrant colors of the swallowtail butterfly make it a favorite subject for nature photographers.
Synonyms
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A small insect with a thin body and bright wings that flies in daylight
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A group of large colorful butterflies with long tails on their wings
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word swallowtail comes from certain butterflies whose back wings have long, tail-like points that look like the tail of a swallow 'bird' and the familiar tail 'back part'. So bright butterflies with these little tail points are called swallowtails.