lobtail
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of lobtail
1865–70 (as gerund); apparently lob 1 in sense “to move heavily” + tail 1
Example Sentences
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One example Whiten pointed to was how humpback whales learned to slap the sea surface with their tails, a trick known as "lobtail feeding."
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023
While so-called "bubble feeding" was already known for decades, lobtail feeding was first recognized in 1980, spreading over two decades and creating a new hunting tradition for hundreds of other humpbacks.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023
Today, more than 600 humpbacks are lobtail feeders.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2021
The enhanced hunting technique, called lobtail feeding, quickly spread along known lines of humpback social groups, aided, researchers suspect, by the cetacean talent for acrobatic mimicry among members of a pod.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2021
They 'eave like water-spouts, and, lor! how they lobtail!'
From Tales of the Chesapeake by George Alfred Townsend
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