Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tail-shedding

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables
tail-shed-ding
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator

Uncountable

noun

a tail autotomy event

Countable

Etymology

From tail + shedding.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tail-sheddings (plural)

Questions

What does tail-shedding mean?
tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator
Where does tail-shedding come from?
From tail + shedding.

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