Definition of Swallowtails

1. Noun. (plural of swallowtail) ¹

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Definition of Swallowtails

1. swallowtail [n] - See also: swallowtail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swallowtails

swallow one's pride
swallow shrike
swallow up
swallow wort
swallowable
swallowe
swallowed
swallowers
swallowest
swalloweth
swallowfish
swallowing
swallows
swallowtail
swallowtails
swallowwort
swallowworts
swaly
swam
swamboite
swami
swamies
swamis
swamp
swamp ash
swamp azalea
swamp bay
swamp beggar-ticks
swamp birch

Literary usage of Swallowtails

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"... (THE Swallowtails AND ALLIES) THE butterflies of this family in both sexes are provided with six ambulatory feet. The caterpillars are elongate, ..."

2. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"... (THE Swallowtails AND ALLIES) THE butterflies of this family in both sexes are provided with six ambulatory feet. The caterpillars are elongate, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"Philenor is one of the ''Aristolochia swallowtails," a section which is abundantly represented in tropical America and in the Oriental Region, but, ..."

4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"Also the following cuts of the Swallowtails have been taken from my Artbildung. ... The form of living Swallowtails which in most likelihood is nearest ..."

5. On Orthogenesis: And the Impotence of Natural Selection in Species Formation by Theodor Eimer (1898)
"Also the following cuts of the Swallowtails have been taken from my Artbildung. ... The form of living Swallowtails which in most likelihood is nearest ..."

6. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"... (THE Swallowtails AND ALLIES) THE butterflies of this family in both sexes are provided with six ambulatory feet. The caterpillars are elongate, ..."

7. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"... (THE Swallowtails AND ALLIES) THE butterflies of this family in both sexes are provided with six ambulatory feet. The caterpillars are elongate, ..."

8. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"Philenor is one of the ''Aristolochia swallowtails," a section which is abundantly represented in tropical America and in the Oriental Region, but, ..."

9. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1898)
"Also the following cuts of the Swallowtails have been taken from my Artbildung. ... The form of living Swallowtails which in most likelihood is nearest ..."

10. On Orthogenesis: And the Impotence of Natural Selection in Species Formation by Theodor Eimer (1898)
"Also the following cuts of the Swallowtails have been taken from my Artbildung. ... The form of living Swallowtails which in most likelihood is nearest ..."

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