swallowtail

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The forked tail of a swallow.
2. noun Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
3. noun A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.
4. noun Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.

Similar words

morning coat swallow-tailed coat swallow-tail swallow pipevine swallowtail parsnip swallowtail tiger swallowtail swallowling batwing needletail

Often followed by

butterfly butterflies coat is and coats papilio caterpillars line

Word family

swallow-tailed swallowtails