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tailflip

tailflip noun: a movement used by crustaceans to escape predators, involving rapid abdominal flexions that propel the creature backwards through the water.

Noun

tailflip (plural tailflips)

  1. A movement used by crustaceans to escape predators, involving rapid abdominal flexions that propel the creature backwards through the water.

Forms of tailflip

pluraltailflips

Origin of tailflip

From tail + flip.

Questions about tailflip

What does tailflip mean?
Tailflip means a movement used by crustaceans to escape predators, involving rapid abdominal flexions that propel the creature backwards through the water.
What part of speech is tailflip?
Tailflip is a noun.
What is the plural of tailflip?
The plural of tailflip is tailflips.

Words near tailflip in the dictionary

  1. tailfeather
  2. tailfeathers
  3. tailfin
  4. tailfins
  5. tailfirst
  6. tailflip
  7. tailflipping
  8. tailflips
  9. tailflower
  10. tailflowers
  11. tailforemost

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