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tailflipping

tailflipping noun: the making of tailflips.

Noun

tailflipping (uncountable)

  1. The making of tailflips.
    • In Munida quadrispina, the FAC cluster of fast flexor motor neurons was lost with no visible change in tailflipping behaviour ( Wilson & Paul, 1987 ).2015, Zen Faulkes, M Fabiana Kubke, “Motor neurons in the escape response circuit of white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus)”, in PeerJ, volume 3, →DOI

Origin of tailflipping

From tail + flipping.

Questions about tailflipping

What does tailflipping mean?
Tailflipping means the making of tailflips.
What part of speech is tailflipping?
Tailflipping is a noun.

Words near tailflipping in the dictionary

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

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