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tail-shedding

tail-shedding noun: tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator.

Noun

tail-shedding (countable and uncountable, plural tail-sheddings)

  1. (uncountable) tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator
  2. (countable) a tail autotomy event

Forms of tail-shedding

pluraltail-sheddings

Origin of tail-shedding

From tail + shedding.

Questions about tail-shedding

What does tail-shedding mean?
Tail-shedding means tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator.
What part of speech is tail-shedding?
Tail-shedding is a noun.
What is the plural of tail-shedding?
The plural of tail-shedding is tail-sheddings.

Words near tail-shedding in the dictionary

  1. tail-pod radishes
  2. tail-pole
  3. tail-poles
  4. tail-risk
  5. tail-risks
  6. tail-shedding
  7. tail-sheddings
  8. tail-skid
  9. tail-skids
  10. tail-wagger
  11. tail-waggers

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