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tailflipping en · NOUN

Etymology

From tail + flipping.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) 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: