Swallow-tailed and Scissor-tailed

Swallow-tailed adjective - (especially of butterflies and birds) having a forked tail like that of a swallow.

Scissor-tailed and swallow-tailed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scissor-tailed" instead an adjective phrase "Swallow-tailed".

Scissor-tailed adjective - (of birds) having a deeply forked tail.

Swallow-tailed and scissor-tailed are semantically related. You can use "Swallow-tailed" instead an adjective phrase "Scissor-tailed".