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swallow-tailed

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swal⋅low-tailed

  [swol-oh-teyld]
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–adjective
1. having a deeply forked tail like that of a swallow, as various birds.
2. having an end or part suggesting a swallow's tail.
3. (of a flag) having a triangular indentation in the fly so as to create two tails.
Origin:
1690–1700
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swal·low-tailed   (swŏl'ō-tāld')
adj.  

  1. Having a deeply forked tail. Used of various birds.

  2. Resembling the tail of a swallow.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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