Tailflipping

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The making of tailflips. uncountable

    "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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"In Munida quadrispina, the FAC cluster of fast flexor motor neurons was lost with no visible change in tailflipping behaviour ( Wilson & Paul, 1987 )."

Etymology

From tail + flipping.

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