Defenition of the word autotomy

• Defenition of the word autotomy

  • The act whereby an animal voluntarily loses a body part.
  • spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw or a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
  • 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

Hypernyms for the word autotomy

• • remotion
  • removal

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