Swallow-tailed

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• Swallow

  ·noun That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. II. Swallow ·noun Capacity for swallowing; voracity. III. S...

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• Swallow

  1) Heb. sis (Isa. 38:14; Jer. 8:7), the Arabic for the swift, which "is a regular migrant, returning...

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• swallow

  n. common English bird-name.The species observed in Australia are – – The Swallow – – Hirundo neoxe...

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• swallow

  The score of a block. ...

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• Swallow

  Heb. deror in (Psalms 84:3; Proverbs 26:2) Heb. 'agur in (Isaiah 38:14; Jeremiah 8:7) but "crane" is...

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• Tailed

  ·adj Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails; — chiefly used in composition; as, bob...

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• Bank swallow

  ·- ·see under 1st Bank, ·noun. ...

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• Sea swallow

  ·- The common tern. II. Sea swallow ·- The storm petrel. III. Sea swallow ·- The <<Gannet>>. IV. ...

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• bottle-swallow

  n. a popular name for the bird Lagenoplastis ariel, otherwise called the FairyMartin. See Martin. T...

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• sea-swallow

  The tern, a bird resembling the gull, but more slender and swift. ...

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• swallow-tails

  The points of a burgee. Also, the tails of a coat. ...

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• Crop-tailed

  ·adj Having the tail cropped. ...

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• Dag-tailed

  ·adj Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. ...

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• Daggle-tailed

  ·adj Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed. ...

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• Draggle-tailed

  ·adj Untidy; sluttish; slatternly. ...

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• Fan-tailed

  ·adj Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon. ...

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• Fork-tailed

  ·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; — said of many bir...

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• Pin-tailed

  ·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; — said of birds. ...

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• Racket-tailed

  ·adj Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers. ...

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• Rat-tailed

  ·adj Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. ...

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• Red-tailed

  ·adj Having a red tail. ...

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• Ring-tailed

  ·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color. ...

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• Ruby-tailed

  ·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. ...

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• Scissors-tailed

  ·adj Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones....

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• Spine-tailed

  ·adj Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. ...

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• Stiff-tailed

  ·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. ...

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• Stump-tailed

  ·adj Having a short, thick tail. ...

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• Wedge-tailed

  ·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...

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• Wire-tailed

  ·adj Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a w...

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• culver-tailed

  Fastened by dove-tailing a way of letting one timber into another, so that they cannot slip asunder....

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• nail-tailed wallaby

  n. See onychogale. ...

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• stump-tailed lizard

  n. an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray. ...

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