"tiger swallowtail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tiger swallowtails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tiger swallowtail (plural tiger swallowtails)
  1. Any of a group of North American butterfly species in the genus Papilio that typically have a distinctive pattern of black stripes on yellow wings reminiscent of tiger fur. Categories (lifeform): Swallowtails
    Sense id: en-tiger_swallowtail-en-noun-G2gi~F-b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Hyponyms: Mexican tiger swallowtail, Papilio alexiares, Appalachian tiger swallowtail, Papilio appalachiensis, Canadian tiger swallowtail, Papilio canadensis, Esperanza swallowtail, Papilio esperanza, pallid tiger swallowtail, Papilio eurymedon, eastern tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, two-tailed swallowtail, Papilio multicaudata, three-tailed tiger swallowtail, Papilio pilumnus, western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus

Inflected forms

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