断尾

Traditional form:

斷尾

Pinyin (reading):

duànwěi

Definitions:

• (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail
• (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 尾 - tail; extremity, end; back, rear