swallowtail

«swallowtail» in Mova's school dictionary: a large, brightly coloured butterfly with long points on… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a swallowtail, swallowtails)

meaning for a pupil

1) A swallowtail is a large, brightly coloured butterfly with long points on its back wings that look like the forked tail of a swallow (a bird). tree →

2) Swallowtail can describe any shape with a deep forked end, like a swallowtail flag or swallowtail coat. tree →

sense in the lessons

Science and nature: swallowtails are a big family of butterflies found around the world; the UK's swallowtail lives only in the Norfolk Broads. Their caterpillars can push out a smelly orange «horn» to scare off birds. Life cycle: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly.

examples

• A yellow swallowtail landed on the flower. tree →
• The swallowtail butterfly has long tails on its wings. tree →
• In the UK, swallowtails live in the Norfolk Broads. tree →
• The swallowtail caterpillar was green with black stripes. tree →
• The ship flew a swallowtail flag. tree →
• We drew a swallowtail for our minibeast project. tree →

note

Countable, one word. Named after the bird, the swallow, which has a forked tail. Not to be confused with «swallow» (to gulp down food).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swallowtail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.