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Definitions
The shedding of a body part by an animal, often to escape a predator.
Word origin
From auto- + -tomy, after German Autotomie or French autotomie.
Used in a sentence
“She has dropped it by autotomy, like the tail or claw of a fleeing lizard, lobster, or starfish.”
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