Crossword-Solution: SWALLOWTAIL
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Swallowtail | n. | A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail. |
| Swallowtail | n. | A species of willow. |
| Swallowtail | n. | An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap. |
| Swallowtail | n. | A swallow-tailed coat. |
| Swallowtail | n. | An arrow. |
| Swallowtail | n. | 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. |
We have 12 clues for the answer “SWALLOWTAIL”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Capistrano copper? | 1 answer |
| Coat for the opera | 1 answer |
| Part of a full-dress suit | 1 answer |
| swallow-tailed coat | 4 answers |
| Large butterfly | 4 answers |
| BRITISH butterfly | 7 answers |
| Hummingbird | 10 answers |
| type of butterfly | 13 answers |
| Butterfly | 24 answers |
| BUTTERFLY, type of | 41 answers |
| Jacket | 54 answers |
| Coat | 79 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with SWALLOWTAIL (5)
For dress the insect wore a dark-blue swallowtail coat with a yellow silk lining and a flower in the button-hole; a vest of white duck that stretched tightly across the wide body; knickerbockers of fawn-colored plush, fastened at the knees with gilt buckles; and, perched upon its small head, was jauntily set a tall silk hat.
His doublet was prolonged behind into something resembling a violent exaggeration of what is now termed a "swallowtail," but was much obscured by the swelling folds of an enormous black, glossy-looking cloak, which must have been very much too long in calm weather, as the wind, whistling round the old house, carried it clear out from the wearer's shoulders to about four times his own length.
Ever since Wallace's classical memoir on mimicry in the Malayan Swallowtail butterflies, those naturalists who have written on the subject have followed his interpretation of the marked prevalence of mimetic resemblance in the female sex as compared with the male.
You may talk o' your fliers--Swallowtail and Black Ball-- But the _Dreadnought's_ the packet that can beat them all.
Over these hovered, like larger flowers, the black and yellow tiger swallowtail, argynnis, painted lady, and mourning-cloak butterflies.
Quotes with SWALLOWTAIL (3)
This time of year, the purple blooms were busy with life- not just the bees, but butterflies and ladybugs, skippers and emerald-toned beetles, flitting hummingbirds and sapphire dragonflies. The sun-warmed sweet haze of the blossoms filled the air." When I was a kid," said Isabel, "I used to capture butterflies, but I was afraid of the bees. I'm getting over that, though." The bees softly rose and hovered over the flowers, their steady hum oddly soothing. The quiet buzzing wa…
Yellow swallowtail butterflies, with their charcoal striped wings, were all over the wildflowers. The woodpeckers rattled away in the trees. Two weeks ago, those sounds were annoying to me, but now, it sounds more like a song. I stopped to ask myself what was wrong with me, for everything to be so awesome in the world, and then I remembered. So this is what being in love is like.
At the edge of the lot, wildflowers had taken over, forming a thick border. I stopped to pick a bouquet of gold buttercups and yellow-and-white oxeye daisies. I plucked a sprig of Queen Anne's lace and watched a black swallowtail butterfly land on a branch of goldenrod. Then I stretched and took a deep breath. The air was mellow and sweet.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1973–2020).