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Princeton's WordNet

  1. swallow-tailedadjective

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

Wiktionary

  1. swallow-tailedadjective

    Having a tail that is forked like a swallow's.

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  1. swallow-tailed

    Swallow-tailed generally refers to anything that resembles or characterized by the forked tail of a swallow, typically narrowed towards the middle and broader at each end, which somewhat similar to two long streamers. This term is often used to describe symbols, flags, coats, butterflies, birds, and kites that exhibit this kind of structure or pattern.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Swallow-tailedadjective

    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. Swallow-tailedadjective

    united by dovetailing; dovetailed

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of swallow-tailed in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of swallow-tailed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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