tailflipping

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], 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 ).