black swallowtail
noun
A common North American swallowtail butterfly, Papilio polyxenes asterius, which has chiefly black wings with narrow bands of yellow spots; also called parsnip swallowtail.
- The larva is the parsleyworm..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philip Gosse (1810–1888), zoologist and religious writer.
- methoxylated
- meths
- meths-drinker
- methsuximide
- methuselah
- methy
- methyl
- methylacetylene
- methylal
- methyl alcohol
- methylamine
- methylaniline
- methylase
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- methylated spirit
- methylated spirits
- methylation
- methylator
- methylbenzene
- methyl bromide
- methylcellulose
- methyl chloride
- methylchloroform
- methylcholanthrene
- methyl cyanide