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Adjective: swallow-tailed  'swó-low`teyld
  1. (especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow
    "Occasionally a beautiful Swallow-tailed Kite could be seen overhead in swift and graceful flight"

See also: caudate, caudated

Encyclopedia: Swallow-tailed