English-Thai Dictionary
swallowtail
N ผีเสื้อช นิดหนึ่ง มี ปีก คล้าย หาง นก นาง แอ่น butterfly pe-suea-cha-nid-nuang-me-pik
swallowtail
N หาง นก นาง แอ่น tail of swallow hang-nok-nang-aen
swallowtailed
A เป็น รูปร่าง หาง นก นาง แอ่น
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SWALLOWTAIL
SWALLOWTAIL Swal "low *tail `, n.
1. (Carp. )
Defn: A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
2. (Bot. )
Defn: A species of willow.
3. (Fort. )
Defn: An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reëntrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap.
4. A swallow-tailed coat. This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow buttons. Thackeray.
5. An arrow. Sir W. Scott.
6. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe.
Note: The black swallowtail, or asterias (see Papilio ), the blue swallowtail, or philenor, the tiger swallowtail, or turnus (see Turnus ), and the zebra swallowtail, or ajax (see under Zebra ) are common American species. See also Troilus.
New American Oxford Dictionary
swallowtail
swal low tail |ˈswälōˌtāl ˈswɑloʊteɪl | ▶noun 1 (also swallowtail butterfly ) a large brightly colored butterfly with taillike projections (suggestive of a swallow's tail ) on the hind wings. [Family Papilionidae: many genera and species, including the pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor ) of southern North America and the eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus ) of eastern North America. ] 2 [ usu. as modifier ] a deeply forked tail; a thing resembling such a tail in shape: swallowtail suits. DERIVATIVES swal low-tailed adjective
Oxford Dictionary
swallowtail
swal ¦low |tail |ˈswɒləʊteɪl | ▶noun 1 (also swallowtail butterfly ) a large brightly coloured butterfly with tail-like projections on the hindwings. ●Family Papilionidae: many species, including the European Papilio machaon, of fenland country. 2 [ usu. as modifier ] a deeply forked tail. • a thing resembling a deeply forked tail in shape: a black swallowtail coat. DERIVATIVES swallow-tailed adjective
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
swallowtail
sw á llow t à il 名詞 C 1 燕尾 (形の物 ).2 〘虫 〙アゲハチョウ .3 ＝swallow-tailed coat .
The Wordsmith Dictionary