swallowtail

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/

Noun

Japanese Meaning

ツバメなどの鳥の、分かれた尾（フォーク状の尾） / 同様に、分岐した形状を持つもの（例：旗など） / 分かれた長い裾を持つテイルコート（尾が二つに分かれているコート）

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The young swallow practiced spreading its swallowtail to catch insects midair.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

若いツバメは、空中で昆虫を捕まえるために、二つに分かれた尾を広げる練習をした。

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Sense（1）

The forked tail of a swallow.

Sense（2）

Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.

Sense（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.

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Sense（4）

Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.

swallowtails

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