Autotomy
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Autotomies
- possessive
- Autotomy's
- pluralpossessive
- Autotomies'