NOUN | act | autotomy | spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack |
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Meaning | spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack. | |
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Broader | removal, remotion | The act of removing |
Spanish | autotomía | |
Catalan | autotomia, autotomía | |
Adjectives | autotomic | of or relating to autotomy |
Verbs | autotomize | cause a body part to undergo autotomy |
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