tail-shedding

noun

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

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Meanings

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

plural tail-sheddings

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

Origin

From tail + shedding.

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APA

tail-shedding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tail-shedding

MLA

“tail-shedding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tail-shedding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tail-shedding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tail-shedding.

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