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Meanings of swallowtail in English

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Flag with a V-shaped cut.

Catalan
jaqué

A man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back.

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Usage of swallowtail in English
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They shoot a pea-rifle, single shot all over silver and swallowtail stock-
In Secret
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Perfect pictures Facebook Twitter Pinterest A swallowtail butterfly on a purple coneflower, Canada.
The Guardian
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Wings plucked from a swallowtail butterfly fluttered in vain behind her.
The witch queen
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I nodded, my eyes on a page of swallowtail butterflies.
The burglar who painted like mondrian
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A tiger swallowtail nearly as big as my outstretched hand fluttered near my face.
Burnt Offerings
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Tiger swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, greater frittilary, giant sulphur, black swallowtail, red-spotted purple, and painted lady.
Burnt Offerings
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It was not long before she came upon a rare Taita blue-banded swallowtail on a broad leaf.
The panic zone
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He wore a swallowtail coat every day.
The Tale of Betsy Butterfly / Tuck-Me-In Tales
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Phil observed Sam arrayed in a swallowtail coat of immaculate cut stroll by with his best girl.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
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One of the most prized species on the private market is the Papilio Chikae, or Luzon peacock swallowtail.
BBC
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He actually wore a swallowtail coat and had on a choker- averyhigh collar-anda bright green tie.
The Bobbsey Twins in the Country
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Over these hovered, like larger flowers, the black and yellow tiger swallowtail, argynnis, painted lady, and mourning-cloak butterflies.
See America First
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The emerald swallowtail butterfly gets its names from the resplendent stripe of colour across its dark green wings.
BBC
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The blonde lifted her doll-like face and gazed at Kesseley with eyes the color of blue swallowtail butterflies.
Rakes and radishes
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He was past the middle age, somewhat scrupulously dressed in the old fashion, in swallowtail coat and black stock.
The Crisis — Complete
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New from the chrysalis, bright and still untattered, a swallowtail had settled on one of the clusters of mauve flowers.
Eyeless in Gaza
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Catalan
jaqué
Swallowtail through the time