different between papilionidae vs swallowtail

papilionidae

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swallowtail

English

Etymology

swallow +? tail

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?sw?l.???te?l/

Noun

swallowtail (plural swallowtails)

  1. The forked tail of a swallow.
  2. Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
  3. A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.Wp
    • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.

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