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tiger swallowtail

noun

Definition of tiger swallowtail

: a large widely distributed swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) of eastern North America that in the male is largely yellow with black margins and black stripes on the wings and in the female is usually similarly marked in the north but is very often all or mostly black in the south also : any of several closely related black and yellow swallowtails (such as P. rutulus of western North America)

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 Each child will receive all the materials to plant parsley, which attracts tiger swallowtail butterflies. — courant.com, "Community News For The Enfield Edition," 3 July 2019 Tulip poplars are a favorite of one butterfly, the tiger swallowtail, but oddly enough tulip poplar does not serve as host for much else. — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, "What other native trees should I plant?," 13 June 2019

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First Known Use of tiger swallowtail

1889, in the meaning defined above

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