swallow-tailed
(a.)燕尾狀的
Swal·low-tailed a.
1. 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.
2. Carp. United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Swallow-tailed duck Zool., the old squaw.
Swallow-tailed gull Zool., an Arctic gull (Xema furcata), which has a deeply forked tail.
Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite Zool., the fork-tailed kite.
Swallow-tailed moth Zool., a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.
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swallow-tailed
adj : (especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail
like that of a swallow