swallowtail
    n 1: a man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at
         the back [syn: swallow-tailed coat, swallowtail,
         morning coat]

Priestcap \Priest"cap`\, n. (Fort.)
   A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also
   swallowtail.
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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 reentrant 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. (Zool.) 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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