tail-shedding
tail-shedding · tail-sheddings
Tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals of shedding their tail to…Tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Tail autotomy, the defensive technique used by some animals (especially some lizards) of shedding their tail to escape a predator
(countable)A tail autotomy event
Origin
From tail + shedding.From tail + shedding.
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Forms
plural: tail-sheddings| Singular | tail-shedding |
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| Plural | tail-sheddings |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable