swallowtail butterfly

collocation in English

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swallowtail
noun[C]
uk
/ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/us
/ˈswɑː.loʊˌteɪl/
a type of large ...
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butterfly
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈbʌt.ə.flaɪ/us
/ˈbʌt̬.ɚ.flaɪ/
(of a piece of food) cut along the middle and opened up into a wide, ...
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(Definition ofswallowtailandbutterflyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Another example is that 31 years ago we had a wood at the side of a fen where theswallowtailbutterflyflourished.
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I have no proposals for theswallowtailbutterfly.
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It details different and rare things that he has spotted, including aswallowtailbutterfly, which has not been seen in that area for many years.
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The vegetation upon which theswallowtailbutterflythere depended was destroyed.
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His research in the 1930s was on the feeding habits ofswallowtailbutterflycaterpillars.
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They studied the peppered moth, the scarlet tiger moth andswallowtailbutterfly.
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In summer, theswallowtailbutterflycan be seen.
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It is a fossilswallowtailbutterfly.
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Cases such as mimetic polymorphism in edible swallowtail butterflies are included.
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Threatened swallowtail butterflies of the world.
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