different between swallowtail vs apollo

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.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Apollo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??
• Hyphenation: Apol?lo

Noun

apollo (plural apollos)

1. A very handsome young man.
2. (entomology) Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).

Translations

Further reading

• Apollo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• palolo

Italian

Etymology

From the name of the Greek god of beauty, Apollo, from Ancient Greek ??????? (Apóll?n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?p?l.lo/
• Rhymes: -?llo

Noun

apollo m (plural apolli)

1. A young man of great beauty, an apollo.
2. Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings)

Synonyms

• (man of great beauty): adone
• apolline

Hypernyms

• (man): uomo, essere umano
• (butterfly): farfalla