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English → English (gcide) Definition: Swallow-tailed moth Swallow-tailed \Swal"low-tailed`\, a. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Carp.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed. [1913 Webster] Swallow-tailed duck (Zo["o]l.), the old squaw. Swallow-tailed gull (Zo["o]l.), an Arctic gull (Xema furcata ), which has a deeply forked tail. Swallow-tailed hawk or Swallow-tailed kite (Zo["o]l.), the fork-tailed kite. Swallow-tailed moth (Zo["o]l.), a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria ) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. [1913 Webster]