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swallowtail; a tail-like forked shape
The deeply forked shape of a swallow's tail, used to describe objects with a similar V-shaped split, such as a tailcoat, a pennant, or a joint in woodworking. Most often seen in compounds.
燕尾の形をしている。
It is shaped like a swallow's tail.
この旗の先は燕尾に切れ込んでいる。
The end of this flag is cut into a swallowtail.
燕尾服の後ろは、燕尾のように二つに分かれている。
The back of a tailcoat splits into two like a swallow's tail.
Literally 'swallow tail.' Rarely used alone in conversation; it appears mostly in fixed compounds naming swallowtail shapes.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 燕尾服: tailcoat (formal evening dress)
- 燕尾形: swallowtail shape
- 燕尾旗: swallowtail flag; pennant
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 二股: fork; two-pronged split — an everyday word for a Y-shaped division
- 尾: tail — the plain word for an animal's tail