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black swallowtail
noun
Definition of BLACK SWALLOWTAIL
: a usually dark-colored New World swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) having yellow spots on the wing margins and a black spot centered within a larger orange spot on the hindwing inner edge
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First Known Use of BLACK SWALLOWTAIL
1889
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