autotomy

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun autotomy has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

autotomyn. 
     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.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

autotomy, n. Zool. the casting off of a part of the body when threatened, e.g. the tail of a lizard.


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