Category:Swallow-tailed

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.)

Defn: united by dovetailing; dovetailed. Swallow-tailed duck (zoöl.), The old squaw. -- swallow-tailed gull (zoöl.), an arctic gull (xema furcata), which Has a deeply forked tail. -- swallow-tailed hawk or kite (zoöl.), the fork-tailed kite. -- swallow-tailed moth (zoöl.), a european moth (urapteryx Sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings.