English Explanatory Dictionary

tailflip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tailflip tailflips

Etymology

From tail + flip.

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