Read Edit View history 断尾 duànwěi autotomize Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 断尾 (斷尾) duànwěi autotomize verb to naturally shed or discard the tail, typically as a self-defense mechanism in lizards and other animals dock to surgically or manually shorten an animal's tail for health, hygiene, or aesthetic reasons Frequency Written text 0.200 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
断尾 (斷尾) duànwěi autotomize verb to naturally shed or discard the tail, typically as a self-defense mechanism in lizards and other animals dock to surgically or manually shorten an animal's tail for health, hygiene, or aesthetic reasons Frequency Written text 0.200 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)