"foot-flagging" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: foot-flaggings [plural], foot flagging [alternative], footflagging [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} foot-flagging (plural foot-flaggings)
  1. (herpetology, ethology, also attributive) A kind of visual display done by male frogs, where the individual raises one or both hind legs and spread the toes. Tags: also, attributive Synonyms: foot-flag Derived forms: foot-flagging frog Translations (Visual display): bandeirolamento [masculine] (Portuguese)
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