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tail-shedding

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English

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Etymology

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From tail +‎ shedding.

Noun

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tail-shedding (countable and uncountable, plural tail-sheddings)

  1. (uncountable) tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator
  2. (countable) a tail autotomy event
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