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Autotomy

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Noun

1. 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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Autotomy

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noun plural -mies
the casting off by an animal of a part of its body, to facilitate escape when attacked

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Autotomy

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noun
the reflex action by which a leg, claw, tail, etc., as of a lobster, starfish, or lizard, is broken off at a special joint when the part is damaged, seized, etc.: the missing part then regenerates

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Autotomy

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n.
The spontaneous casting off of a limb or other body part, such as the tail of certain lizards or the claw of a lobster, especially when the organism is injured or under attack.

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