Definition of "stotting" []

• Present participle of stot. (verb)

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• "The classic example of this is "stotting" behavior in healthy young gazelles, where these animals jump up and down in front of a predatory leopard rather than-what would seem to be a smarter move-immediately running away."
• "I had thought stotting was a sexual signal, but a brief search reveals support for Mungowitz's position."
• "Well, perhaps the answer is to be found in a quirk of evolution peculiar to gazelles and similar animals called "stotting.""