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foot-flagging

foot-flagging noun: a kind of visual display done by male frogs, where the individual raises one or both hind legs and spread the toes.

foot-flagging: a kind of visual display done by male frogs, where the individual raises one or both hind legs and...
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Noun

foot-flagging (plural foot-flaggings)

  1. (also, attributive, ethology) A kind of visual display done by male frogs, where the individual raises one or both hind legs and spread the toes.
    • These include the first records of nocturnal foot-flagging and foot-flagging displays exhibited outside a rainforest environment.1992 June, Stephen J Richards, Christina James, “Foot-flagging displays of some Australian frogs”, in Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature, volume 32, number 1, page 302, column 1
    • During a foot-flagging display, a male raised one or both hind legs by extending it/them into an arc above the substrate level. The leg was then returned to the body side. At maximum extension, toes were outstretched, spread, and sometimes vibrated.2004, Adolfo Amézquita, Walter Hödl, “HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE TO PERFORM VISUAL DISPLAYS: THE CASE OF THE AMAZONIAN FROG HYLA PARVICEPS”, in Herpetologica, volume 60, number 4, →DOI, page 422, column 1
    Synonyms:
    foot-flag

Synonyms of foot-flagging

  • foot-flag

Forms of foot-flagging

pluralfoot-flaggings
alternative formfoot flagging
alternative formfootflagging

Words formed from foot-flagging

  • foot-flagging frog

Questions about foot-flagging

What does foot-flagging mean?
Foot-flagging means a kind of visual display done by male frogs, where the individual raises one or both hind legs and spread the toes.
What part of speech is foot-flagging?
Foot-flagging is a noun.
What is the plural of foot-flagging?
The plural of foot-flagging is foot-flaggings.

Words near foot-flagging in the dictionary

  1. foot-draggers
  2. foot-dragging
  3. foot-draggings
  4. foot-fall
  5. foot-falls
  6. foot-flagging
  7. foot-ganger
  8. foot-gangers
  9. foot-goer
  10. foot-goers
  11. foot-in-mouth disease

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