tailflipping

English

Etymology

tail +‎ flipping

Noun

tailflipping (uncountable)

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