Word Meanings - SWALLOW-TAILED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

United by dovetailing; dovetailed. Swallow-tailed duck , the old squaw. -- Swallow-tailed gull , an Arctic gull , which has a deeply forked tail. -- Swallow-tailed hawk or kite , the fork-tailed kite. -- Swallow-tailed moth , a European moth

Additional info about word: SWALLOW-TAILED

United by dovetailing; dovetailed. Swallow-tailed duck , the old squaw. -- Swallow-tailed gull , an Arctic gull , which has a deeply forked tail. -- Swallow-tailed hawk or kite , the fork-tailed kite. -- Swallow-tailed moth , a European moth (Urapteryx sambucaria) having tail-like lobes on the hind wings. (more info) 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.

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• ARCTIC
  Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature. Note: The arctic circle is a lesser circle, parallel
• UNITERABLE
  Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne.
• FORK
  1. An instrument consisting consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything. 2.
• TAILBLOCK
  A block with a tail. See Tail, 9.
• SWALLOWFISH
  The European sapphirine gurnard . It has large pectoral fins.
• TAILRACE
  The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away. (more info) 1. See Race, n., 6.
• FORKTAIL
  One of several Asiatic and East Indian passerine birds, belonging to Enucurus, and allied genera. The tail is deeply forking. A salmon in its fourth year's growth.
• SWALLOW
  Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidæ, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight. Note:
• FORKLESS
  Having no fork.
• TAILORING
  The business or the work of a tailor or a tailoress.
• UNITIVE
  Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor.
• FORKBEARD
  A European fish , having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard. The European forked hake or hake's-dame ; -- also called great forked beard.
• UNITARIANISM
  The doctrines of Unitarians.
• TAILOR
  The goldfish. Salt-water tailor , the bluefish. Bartlett. -- Tailor bird , any one of numerous species of small Asiatic and East Indian singing birds belonging to Orthotomus, Prinia, and allied genera. They are noted for the skill with which
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• TAILBOARD
  The board at the rear end of a cart or wagon, which can be removed or let down, for convenience in loading or unloading.
• UNITARIANIZE
  To change or turn to Unitarian views.
• SQUAWWEED
  The golden ragwort. See under Ragwort.
• TAILED
  Having a tail; having a tail or tails; -- chiefly used in composition; as, bobtailed, longtailed, etc. Snouted and tailed like a boar. Grew.
• TAIL-BAY
  One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder; also, the space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor. Cf. Case-bay. 2. The part of a canal lock below the lower gates.
• DUNGFORK
  A fork for tossing dung.
• MUSQUAW
  The American black bear. See Bear.
• PITCHFORK
  A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.
• RAT-TAILED
  Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. Rat-tailed larva , the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. -- Rat-tailed serpent , the fer-de-lance. -- Rat-tailed shrew , the musk shrew.
• ENTAIL
  incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or 1. That which is entailed. Hence: An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. The rule
• GILTTAIL
  A yellow-tailed worm or larva.
• CAT O' NINE TAILS
  See CAT
• SCISSORSTAIL
  A tyrant flycatcher of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers.
• LION'S TAIL
  A genus of labiate plants ; -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
• COUNTRETAILLE
  A counter tally; correspondence . At the countretaille, in return. Chaucer.
• TRIBUNICIAN; TRIBUNITIAL; TRIBUNITIAN
  Of or pertaining to tribunes; befitting a tribune; as, tribunitial power or authority. Dryden. A kind of tribunician veto, forbidding that which is recognized to be wrong. Hare.