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Definition: priestcap
Swallowtail
\Swal"low*tail`\, n.
1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints.
See
Dovetail.
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2. (Bot.) A species of willow.
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3. (Fort.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or
front forming a re["e]ntrant angle; -- so called from its
form. Called also
priestcap.
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4. A swallow-tailed coat.
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This Stultz coat, a blue swallowtail, with yellow
buttons. --Thackeray.
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5. An arrow. --Sir W. Scott.
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6. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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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.
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