scuttle away

[for a small animal] to run away. The otters scuttled away as we approached. A skunk scuttled away quickly—thank heavens.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kliment	klee-MYENT (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Vivienne	-	French
Atallah	-	Arabic
Vasil	vah-SIL (Bulgarian)	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Georgian, Albanian
Vesna	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Oswin	AHZ-win	English (Rare)