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pale swallowtail

pale swallowtail noun: a species of tiger swallowtail native to western North American, Papilio eurymedon, with the wings a much paler yellow (sometimes white).

pale swallowtail: a species of tiger swallowtail native to western North American, Papilio eurymedon, with the wings...
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Noun

pale swallowtail (plural pale swallowtails)

  1. A species of tiger swallowtail native to western North American, Papilio eurymedon, with the wings a much paler yellow (sometimes white).

Forms of pale swallowtail

pluralpale swallowtails

Questions about pale swallowtail

What does pale swallowtail mean?
Pale swallowtail means a species of tiger swallowtail native to western North American, Papilio eurymedon, with the wings a much paler yellow (sometimes white).
What part of speech is pale swallowtail?
Pale swallowtail is a noun.
What is the plural of pale swallowtail?
The plural of pale swallowtail is pale swallowtails.

Words near pale swallowtail in the dictionary

  1. pale male
  2. pale males
  3. Pale of Settlement
  4. pale rider
  5. pale sand-diver
  6. pale swallowtail
  7. pale swallowtails
  8. pale thrush
  9. pale thrushes
  10. pale touch-me-not
  11. pale touch-me-nots

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