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Swallow-tailed   /swˈɑloʊ-teɪld/   Listen
Swallow-tailed

adjective
1.
(especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow.



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"Swallow-tailed" Quotes from Famous Books



... oars used by the caique-jees are of quite a peculiar shape, the oar-shaft immediately next the hand-hold swells into a bulbous affair for the next eighteen inches, which is at least four times the circumference of the remainder, and the end of the oarblade is for some reason made swallow-tailed. The object of the enlarged portion, which of course comes inside the rowlocks, appears to be the double purpose of balancing the weight of the longer portion outside, and also for preventing the oar at all times from escaping ...
— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens
... seemed prolonged into his very chest. La Rivodiere cast despairing glances at Lange, poor Pomponet strove to get to his bride, and all the blonde wigs and black collars of the conspirators were mixed amid the strange poke bonnets of the ladies, and the long swallow-tailed coats, reaching almost to the ground, flapped in and out of the legs of the female soldiers. Kate smiled feebly and drank in the music of the waltz. It was played over again; like a caged canary's song it haunted Clairette's orange-blossoms; like the voluptuous thrill ...
— A Mummer's Wife • George Moore


Words linked to "Swallow-tailed" :   caudated, caudate


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